Impact

What we did

In 2009, our Youth Empowerment Programme

• Facilitated 704 workshops, 338 sports sessions and 254 positive recreation activities
• Established 5 Youth Resource Centres offering peer advice and condoms

 In the same year, our three Youth Development Centres also saw

• 487 young people receive free computer literacy training
• 325 young people graduate the three-month Computer Literacy Course
• Over 3,200 young people access advice and information

The results

Our annual surveys have shown significant positive changes over the last three years, including:

• Marked improvements in young people’s uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV, and in their knowledge of HIV prevention measures. There were also significant shifts in attitudes concerning the stigma, discrimination and mythology around HIV and AIDS.
  

• Increases in young people using condoms, and using them more regularly.
  

• Increases in young people’s livelihoods engagement, such as increased involvement in community development (16%), youth groups (5%) and in engagement with local government officials(3%).