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Improvement of Youth Friendly Health Services
This situation gave rise to the concept of setting up a network of specially trained
peer groups in a separate project. On the basis of this network, an improved range
of Youth Friendly Health Services is to be ensured on a long-term and sustainable
basis.
The most important figures of this new project:
Region: Karonga and Chipita districts, Northern Malawi.
Duration: July 2022 to December 2023
Budget: approx. 98,000 €, including BMZ funding
Local partner: Pamoza Tingakwaniska
In the context of our former projects we had to realize that the few existing youth
clubs that are dealing with sexual health issues are largely dysfunctional. In addition,
there are only very few contact persons for sexual and reproductive health ( SRHR
) issues in the youth clubs, the few that exist are not sufficiently trained and
the individual clubs are not networking with each other.
The overall goal of this project is also to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies,
especially among teenagers, and thus to contribute to a reduction of the still very
high population growth in Malawi.
The main objectives of this project:
- A network of youth clubs with specially trained peer-groups enables adolescent girls
and boys in Karonga and Chitipa districts to increase their knowledge on SRH issues
and change their behavior by having better access to youth-friendly health services
(YFHS).
- Thus, in particular adolescent girls and young women will be empowered to maintain
control over their bodies and make informed decisions about sexual and reproductive
health. However, young men of the same age are also included in the project. They
will all be given access to YFHS by trained staff and made aware that their future
depends on the choices they make today.
- Through targeted information campaigns, radio broadcasts and use of social media
platforms, the public - parents, community leaders, local authorities - will be sensitized
to these issues and mobilized to actively advocate for and support youth-friendly
health services.
- Communication events involving multimedia platforms, music and theatre performances,
focus group discussions and an exhibition at the Karonga Museum will stimulate a
change in social behavior and revise preconceived negative values and attitudes of
parents, traditional leaders, teachers and the youth themselves, and will also create
an increased demand for YFHS.
Link to a summarizing Video-Documentation
This project has helped reduce school drop-out cases that were caused by early pregnancies
and early marriages. What the students are learning through this project is helping
them to concentrate on their academics rather than on sexual relationships while
in school. We wish this should be extended so that more students benefit.
Elizabeth Gondwe, Ngara Community Day Secondary School, Karonga
