vision for the future
Why ATRUF
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation was founded with a goal of reducing teenage pregnancy rates and improving access to affordable maternal, new born and adolescent health services for the vulnerable teenagers.
There is therefore an urgent need to create an adolescent friendly one stop center to provide SRH services together with empowering teenage mothers to make healthy decisions regarding their reproductive lives to better their quality of life.
mission
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation (ATRUF) gives the teenage girl access to sexual reproductive health(SRH) services to prevent early pregnancy and its complications, provides them with basic maternal health needs and enterprenueral skills.
vision
To have a generation of productive young peaople to steer the economic development of the Acholi Subregion and a human resource base for the nation.
Our programs
THE OUT-REACH PROJECT
ATRUF understands that in order to achieve their objectives of extending Sexual Reproductive Health services to the target beneficiaries;
THE YOUTH DROP-IN CENTER
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation intends to set up a youth friendly drop-in center in Gulu city. The center will have elements like; a youth friendly clinic,
PREGNANCY AND CHILD BIRTH Support
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation shall support vulnerable pregnant teenagers through pregnancy and child birth.
LIVELIHOOD
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation will help build capacity of young mothers through skills training. The young mothers will identify areas of interest in which to receive training such as; cookery, baking,
EVIRNOMENTAL CONSERVATION
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation will train young women [in schools, at the drop in center, in the community] on making re-usable sanitary towels for their own use and as income generation projects.
RESEARCH
Anyira Teenage Rescue Foundation shall conduct research on predisposing factors to teenage pregnancy. This research shall help us establish the factors that have led to the increasing teenage
News
Adolescent Health Conference
ATRUF planned and organised a two-day adolescent Health conference in Gulu City with the main objective of reaching out to the hearts of the teenage and adolescent girls and boys during the long Christmas holiday season.
News Around
Report
Teenage pregnancy rates in Uganda
Teenage mothers are termed as high risk because of their likelihood of developing obstetric complications.
The survival of a baby born to a teenage mother remains at stake due to the emotional immaturity of its mother.
The Movement
Join the cause
To improve access to sexual reproductive health (SRH)services for teenagers