Youth Sensitization and Awareness on Sexual Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS

Through major collaborations and partnership with the areas health units and Kawolo hospital, we are carrying out free HCT services, open sensitization in schools and communities within Lugazi-Buikwe town councils and the entire Mukono-Buikwe community. We were privileged to participate in a Training of Trainers’ workshop at Lugazi town community Hall with the Naguru Teenage Centre youth trainers in June 2012.

Our main goal in this activity is to reduce the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate by curbing down new infections(now at 200,000 individuals) in fellow youth through School Focused HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention campaigns, YEU has designed a special program for primary and secondary based students; where YEU staff and volunteers share a message of HIV/AIDS through presentations based on the current Impact of HIV/AIDS in communities, staff and volunteer testimonies and social interaction and the program currently operates in Lugazi, Buikwe Town Councils, Buikwe District and Nagojje sub-county Mukono district. (Source: National HIV Indicator Survey, 2012). Our new program has also tried to focus at HIV/AIDS prevention reach outs to higher institutions of learning and the community at large.  Below is a list of all institutions and villages we have reached out to in 2012.

•  Buikwe Secondary School
• Mehta Senior Secondary school
• Equator College School
• Nagojje Secondary School
• St Andrews Secondary School
    
  With the aid of our partners Kawolo hospital and Lugazi town council we are mainly carrying out  Youth friendly interventions and services of  Sexual Reproductive Health and rights (SRH) including sex and sexuality, gender and rights, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) diagnosis and management, Information and counselling on sexuality, life skills, safe sex and reproductive health , HIV counselling (and referral for testing and care), Contraception and protective method provision , Pregnancy counselling and testing (with referral for antenatal and postnatal care at all times) , Counselling on sexual violence and abuse (and referral for needed services; Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and other medical attention, Post-abortion care (PAC) counselling and contraception (with referral when necessary) and Condom programming among youth coupled with these others; Communication for social and individual Behaviour Change (BCC), Adoption of Safer Sexual Behaviours among females and males.  
    
  Program Objectives
  1. Expanding coverage quality and uptake of biomedical HIV prevention services to our target groups (youth in & outside Schools, Youth fish folk, and Boda boda riders).
  2. Disseminating quality information on Sexual Reproductive Health and rights (SRH) including Condom programming.
  3. Empowering youth and communities to effectively demand for quality HIV&AIDS services and to demand for comprehensive delivery of these services.
  4. Empowering people to take life as an asset/resource.
  5. Creating a sustainable environment that alleviate the underlying sociocultural and other structural drivers of the epidemic,
  6. Achieving more coordinated HIV prevention response, by strengthening information systems for HIV prevention at all levels.
  7. Sharing Life skills and train adoption of  safe sexual behaviours
  8. Exterminate HIV/AIDS problems and poverty among the community members