
Youth Alive Uganda Volunteers
Your time and talents are invaluable to us and the communities we serve. Together, we can create lasting change and build a brighter future for everyone.
The program aims to reduce new infections, continue and scale up core service delivery for OVC and their caregivers, improve pediatric/adolescent HIV/AIDS outcomes by ensuring that OVCs have access to quality HIV and social protection services necessary to build their resilience to prevent and respond to HIV and violence against children in their communities.
Youth Alive Uganda was founded in 1993, under the dynamic leadership of Rev. Sr DR. Miriam Duggan, an Irish Franciscan missionary nun who was one of the leading actors in designing and running HIV/AIDS responses at the time.
The project aims to end HIV/AIDS in the East Central region by 2030 through enhancing the capacity of District Health Teams (DHTs), public health facilities and their catchment communities to increase availability, accessibility and utilization of quality integrated HIV and TB services in 12 districts of East-Central Uganda (Bugweri, Bugiri, Busia, Buyende, Iganga, Jinja, Kaliro, Kamuli, Luuka, Mayuge, Namayingo and Namutumba).
To expand access and utilization of HIV preventive, treatment and care services among 5,000 children and adolescent girls 05-14 years in East Central Uganda by end of 2025 (Iganga, Mayuge and Luuka).
YAU will offer a Consultancy services for the implementation of HIV AIDS awareness and engage young people with responsive behavioral change messages through Sports and Cultural activities under the National Oil Palm Project in Buvuma -Mayuge and Kalangala Hubs.
The project aims at increasing access and use of quality, inclusive and integrated SRHR and HIV services and promoting positive healthy sexual behaviours and relationships that can contribute to reducing new HIV infections and improving SRHR indicators by reducing sexually transmitted infections (STI) transmissions, unmet need for family planning (FP) and increasing the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR).
Youth Alive Uganda was founded in 1993, under the dynamic leadership of Rev. Sr DR. Miriam Duggan, an Irish Franciscan missionary nun who was one of the leading actors in designing and running HIV/AIDS responses at the time.
Your time and talents are invaluable to us and the communities we serve. Together, we can create lasting change and build a brighter future for everyone.
Check out @ED_YouthAliveUg attending the fifth session (INC-5) which ran from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea. UNEA-5.2, a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including marine. pic.twitter.com/FNL0CX8uZz
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