Youth Alive Uganda

Holistically empower youth 9 -30 years to be resilient and live fulfilling lives. We achieve this by implementing activities under 4 key strategic objectives. Objective I: Dignified and gainful employment opportunities for out of school youth 15-30 years. Capacity building of youth in: - Vocational skills and Work readiness and employability skills Linkages to profitable markets and market infrastructures. Linkages and access to youth friendly financial services Linkages to job/employment opportunities Enterprise development support Objective II: Increased access to and utilization of government health and education services by youth. Gap analysis on policy implementation Capacit... read more Holistically empower youth 9 -30 years to be resilient and live fulfilling lives. We achieve this by implementing activities under 4 key strategic objectives. Objective I: Dignified and gainful employment opportunities for out of school youth 15-30 years. Capacity building of youth in: - Vocational skills and Work readiness and employability skills Linkages to profitable markets and market infrastructures. Linkages and access to youth friendly financial services Linkages to job/employment opportunities Enterprise development support Objective II: Increased access to and utilization of government health and education services by youth. Gap analysis on policy implementation Capacity development of service providers to provide youth friendly services and youth to demand for services Focused community advocacy drives/campaigns on access and utilization of local government services Ensuring safety of children and youth in their community and learning environments Parent child relationship strengthening in homes and communities Objective III: A recognized center of excellence in holistic youth empowerment. Establish and strengthen a training department Build strategic partnerships and networks Resource mobilization by expanding YA portfolio Documentation and information sharing of tested best practices in youth work and programming Objective IV: Improved Sexual and reproductive health of youth. Facilitate access to youth friendly SRHR information and services Provision of psychosocial support and linkages to health services Promoting conducive and safe learning environments in schools Facilitate enrolment and retention of HIV positive children, youth and their caregivers into HIV care and having their Viral Load suppressed Facilitate attitude and norms change at personal and community level that improve uptake of health services