Empowering the community

In order to improve the situation of young people in the long term, we involve their entire social environment in our educational work. The youth club members organise their own education campaigns in their local area, in which they convince parents, teachers, local politicians and religious leaders that education and contraception are basic prerequisites for a healthy and independent life.

The young people create their own music, dances and even plays and perform them in public. The youth club members become important role models, so-called youth champions, who are now highly respected in their communities. As well as raising awareness, the clubs also get involved in their communities, for example by organising litter picking and tree planting campaigns, or cleaning up local water points and health stations.