Implemented Projects

1. Advocated with school administrators and parents to support school club guidance and counseling activities for young people through; allocation of time for club activities and ASRH messages on school assemblies, space for guidance and counseling, including a session on ASRH during school parents meetings.

2. Reached 12,000 (on average 1400 students x 8 schools) school going young people with accurate ASRH information, 3600 (on average 450 students x 8 schools) of them with life planning skills sessions and an alternative opportunity for them to demonstrate positive living with fun for the third year.

3. Offered support, guidance and counseling services in schools and refer young people with ASRH related problems for services.

1. Conducted life skills sessions to at least 20% of young people in the 4 schools over 3 years

2. Increased knowledge (about safe sex practices and other related ASRH issues) to at least 70% of the population

3. Promoted voluntary counseling and testing among young people and refer identified young people with ASRH issues to existing youth friendly service delivery points.

1. Promoted positive behavioral life style (delay of first sexual initiation and postponing of sexual activity for the sexually active) amongst young people 10 to 24 years as well as encouraging positive fun free from health risks.

2. Promoted health-seeking behaviors through counseling and referral.

3. Promoted positive social behaviors i.e. encouraging young people to avoid risky behaviors like alcoholism and drug abuse

Improved levels of knowledge, changed attitudes and built life skills of 1200 young people between 10-19 years towards adoption of positive sexual behaviors in the districts of Kampala, MUKONO, Hoima and Masindi.

-Increased availability of culturally and gender-sensitive behaviour change communication (BCC) for sexual and reproductive health including HIV prevention.

-Strengthened institutional capacity to design, implement, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policies, guidelines and programs

Strengthened and improved the effective delivery of behavior change messages, monitoring and evaluation and documentation of the program activities by December 2005

1. Improved levels of knowledge, changed attitudes and built life skills of 6,000 young people between 10-19 years towards adoption of positive sexual behaviors in 4 selected districts of Uganda by June 2006

2. Reached 800 engaged and newly married couples with key HIV messages that promote practicing fidelity in marriage in 4 selected districts of UGANDA BY JUNE 2006

3. Contributed to the efforts that address the causes and consequences of cross generational and transactional sex through activities conducted through objective one and two.

1. Enhanced the capacity of 45 secondary schools and 3 district offices to design, manage, supervise, monitor and evaluate comprehensive BCC programs for young people

2. Conducted school based orientation workshops about the project amongst the rest of the school administration and the teachers.

Strengthened the capacity of OVCs and institutions to manage and sustain developed behavior change/life skills programs through training, various IEC materials developed and dissemination.

-Created a supportive environment amongst the key stakeholders in the 2 sub-counties for the initiation and implementation of the HIV/AIDS interventions promoted by the project

-Enhanced the capacity of selected communities to initiate and manage HIV/AIDS Behavior Change interventions for targeted vulnerable young people by October 2007

-Improved levels of Knowledge, change attitudes and built skills of 1,200 young people towards adoption of positive sexual behaviors and

Reached 80 engaged and newly married couples with fidelity messages in 4 districts of Uganda by 31st January 2007.

-To enhance the capacity of 24 secondary schools & 3 district education offices to design,manage,supervise,monitor & evaluate comprehensive behaviour change programs for young people by March 2009

-To comprehensively improve the levels of knowledge, attitudes and skills/practices of selected young people in Hoima, Kibale & Kayunga by 30% aimed at assisting them make informed decisions to prevent new HIV infections

April 08 - March 09)

(On Going...)

-To enhance the capacity of 8 new & 8 old mobilized groups of the engaged & newly married couples to manage and sustain their created club activities by 2009

- To reach at least 750 engaged & nely married cuples with fidelity messages, life skills training, accelerated prevention of HIV/AIDS in the four Districts/Dioceses of Mukono, Masindi,Hoima and Kampala by 2009

-To reach at least 32,000 young people in selected districts of operation with accurate ASRH information and life skills intended to assist them make informed health decisions by 2009