Category Archives: Country

POY Club Life Skills Enable Student to Avert FGM

February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), part [...]

Gimbi’s Story – Combating Forced Marriage

Gimbi is a Protect Our Youth Club member from Baray Secondary School in Karatu District [...]

Apollo’s Story – Solving Gender-Based Violence

Demonstrating Empathy and Being an Example: How a Project Para-Social Worker Supports Better Outcomes From [...]

World Education to Support Implementation of New Locally Led Projects in Mozambique

World Education’s Bantwana Initiative will strengthen the capacity of local organizations to coordinate and provide [...]

The Closed User Group: Harnessing Mobile Technology to Accelerate a Coordinated HIV Response

From 6-10 July, the AIDS2020 Virtual conference is convening thousands of researchers, policymakers, program implementers, [...]

Engaging Caregivers as Allies in Adolescents’ Health and Wellbeing

by Edton Babu Ndyabahika, Youth Sector Head, WEI/Bantwana, Uganda. As I write this blog about [...]

In the wake of COVID-19, girls need support to stay in school, now more than ever

  Last month, the Malala Fund issued a report about the increased dangers that girls [...]

Paying it Forward: Local Artisans Build Vulnerable Youth’s Vocational Skills

After growing up in poverty, Fenias Macolelane Bila has earned a good living through tailoring [...]

Safeguarding children, youth and vulnerable families during the COVID-19 pandemic

  The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt in communities [...]

Inclusive Mentorship to Promote the Rights and Wellbeing of Girls with Disabilities

After obtaining a degree in educational psychology with a focus in social work, Dorca learned [...]