Direct Delivery

Working directly with young people is the foundation for everything we do.

This is how we make things happen quickly and effectively, and is the source of our expertise and credibility. It will make up at least 50% of our efforts.

Too many young people do not have access to the services, education and support that they need.

But young people can help fill these gaps. We professionally train and support young adults to help spread knowledge, develop skills and address priority issues within their communities and countries.

We work with hundreds of thousands of young people every day.

We make lasting improvements in the lives of some of the most excluded and marginalised people in the world. We also help communities figure out how to sustain youth-led initiatives over the long-term so that they are not dependent on Restless Development.

We will

• Provide structured, long-term interventions for 1,100,000 youth, improving their civic participation, livelihoods and sexual health.
• Deliver all of our programmes in partnership with relevant government ministries, contributing to specific objectives in national development plans.
• Ensure our field experience informs our programme design, our work with strategic partners and our advocacy and policy efforts.

We HAVE

Worked with young Ugandans to lead the the recovery from conflict.

Despite decades of armed conflict, famine and extreme poverty, rural youth in the Ugandan district of Karamoja have proven their ability to lead peaceful development in their communities in collaboration with Restless Development.

Through an initial pilot programme, 14 young Karimojong Volunteer Peer Educators were professionally trained and supported to lead the recovery from conflict and community development processes. Reaching 3,365 young people, they led activities to engage their peers in conflict resolution and sexual reproductive health awareness, while establishing youth income-generating projects.

The results were hugely encouraging. We recorded:

• a 45% increase in young males using condoms.
• an 84% increase in young Karimojong reporting a greater capacity to respond to conflict.
• a 36% increase in those reporting greater food security.

Delivered extensive HIV/AIDS awareness-raising programmes in Zimbabwe.

Across Zimbabwe, Restless Development held 150 awareness-raising events including 20 youth-parent forums, engaging 325 parents and 725 young people in discussion about sexual and reproductive health (SRH).

We also held 28 capacity building workshops for teachers, ensuring that schools in Zimbabwe are able to adequately deliver SRH education in line with Ministry of Education standards. As a result we have impacted over 3500 SRH sessions in schools.

In addition, Restless Development distributed 66,498 condoms across 4 rural districts where clinics and shops were under-stocked.