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Driven by Women, Built for Youth, Rooted in Community.

Our work at a glance

We link education, climate resilience, and healthcare so progress in one area reinforces the others—driven by young women and youth.

3 Focus Areas
UG Communities Served
GESI Women & Youth Led
Community partnership Learning support
Quality Education & Vocational Skilling

Quality Education, Foundational Literacy & Vocational Skilling

We work alongside schools, community safe spaces, and families to ensure that children, adolescent girls, and young people build essential competencies to thrive in society and the local economy.

Education objective
Primary Objective

Improve foundational literacy, numeracy, leadership skills, and market-driven vocational competencies for learners, prioritizing adolescent girls and out-of-school youth.

Education interventions
Key Interventions
  • Community Learning Centers & Remedial Classes: Safe learning spaces, after-school modules, and catch-up programs for vulnerable girls and out-of-school youth
  • Capacity Building for Educators: Train teachers, instructors, and female peer mentors in gender-inclusive, learner-centered pedagogy
  • Integrated Life & Vocational Skills: Financial literacy, critical thinking, problem-solving, digital skills, and vocational trades
  • Community & Family Engagement: Engage parents, PTAs, SMCs, and traditional leaders to dismantle barriers to girls' education
Education outcomes
Key Outcomes
  • Increased literacy retention
  • Higher school completion rates for girls
  • Expanded employment readiness
  • Stronger community support for girl-child education
Climate-Smart Livelihoods & Enterprise

Climate-Smart Livelihoods & Youth Entrepreneurship

We build the economic agency of young women, youth, and smallholder farming households through climate-resilient agriculture, micro-enterprise creation, and financial inclusion.

Livelihoods objective
Primary Objective

Enhance economic resilience, income security, and enterprise success among young women and youth through sustainable agricultural practices and business development.

Livelihoods interventions
Key Interventions
  • Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Drought-tolerant crops, soil and water conservation, urban/peri-urban farming, and regenerative practices
  • Youth & Women Agribusiness Hubs: Demonstration plots, peer-learning circles, and youth-led agri-enterprises
  • Financial Inclusion & Savings Groups: Strengthen VSLAs, microfinance linkages, and credit management for young female entrepreneurs
  • Enterprise & Market Access Support: Incubation, business planning, marketing strategies, and value-addition technology
Livelihoods outcomes
Key Outcomes
  • Diversified and resilient household incomes
  • Improved climate adaptability
  • Expanded young-women-led businesses
  • Increased economic agency
Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

We champion youth-friendly, rights-based, and gender-transformative SRHR knowledge, services, and advocacy to protect bodily autonomy and well-being.

SRHR objective
Primary Objective

Improve SRHR awareness, self-advocacy, and service access among adolescent girls, young women, and youth while reducing incidences of teenage pregnancy and GBV.

SRHR interventions
Key Interventions
  • Age-Appropriate SRHR & Life Skills Education: Safe-space discussions and peer-led learning in schools, youth centers, and community hubs
  • Peer Champions & Resource Persons: Train young women and youth as community health champions, peer educators, and confidential referral partners
  • Health Facility & Referral Linkages: Youth-responsive referral networks for family planning, maternal health, STI/HIV prevention, and psycho-social support
  • Norms Change & GBV Prevention: Engage men, boys, parents, and cultural leaders to address gender inequality, reduce stigma, and prevent SGBV and early marriage
SRHR outcomes
Key Outcomes
  • Heightened SRHR agency among adolescent girls and youth
  • Higher uptake of respectful health services
  • Lower rates of unintended pregnancy
  • Safer community spaces
Impact Gallery

Programs in action

Snapshots from learning, livelihoods, and SRHR initiatives.

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