Nyaka's Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Program works to prevent sexual violence against anyone, especially children. We work with the community to create an environment where SGBV is not acceptable or tolerated. And whenever it is reported to us we take action. We have four healing centers where we provide medical care, counseling, and legal advocacy for all survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; girls and boys, women and men.
Our project began in 2015 and we have supported over 1,000 survivors to date. In 2018, UNICEF found that in Uganda, one in four girls aged 13-17 years and one in ten boys aged 13-17 years reported sexual violence in the past year. Seeing an increase in 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic created a 'shadow pandemic' of increased cases of sexual and gender based violence.
We are working to change attitudes, support survivors and bring their perpetrators to justice. We work in the community and via four healing centers based in hospitals. We train community members to recognize the signs, report violence, support survivors and make SGBV unacceptable. We have trained professionals to act as a point of contact for survivors in schools, clinics and other institutions. We provide medical care and counseling as well as legal advocacy.
The long-term effect will be a decrease in the number of rapes, with the ultimate goal being to eradicate sexual violence as a whole. Beneficiaries will be given tools that will transform their lives from victims to victors. Nyaka's SGBV program serves a district of over 250,000 people, and hopes to replicate healing centers throughout East Africa. We want all children and adults to live in a society safe from sexual and gender-based violence.
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