Environmental Conservation Project
vision for the future
Environmental Conservation Project
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. In addition the young mothers will be trained on the agribusiness which will be specific on Smart Farming ie use of organic pesticides, planting trees, training on energy saving stove making.
General objective
To improve access to sexual reproductive health (SRH)services for teenagers, provision of basic emergency obstetric care and means of livelihood for the teenage mothers.
Our goal is to achieve the vision as follows:
- To improve access to SRH information targeting the young people at schools and other social places of congregation.
- To develop a one stop center for the young people to access youth friendly SRH services such as SRH education & information, family planning, treatment and prevention of for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and youth friendly recreational services such as games.
- To provide affordable maternal and new-born health services to the vulnerable teenage mother through partnership with the nearest government health facilities.
- To equip the young mother with entrepreneurial knowledge and skills; and financial literacy. Working closely with enterprises that can employ them or market their products will generate income to improve their livelihood.
- Provide basic needs for the disadvantaged vulnerable young mother at the time of delivery and immediate postpartum period.
- Collaborate with health facilities to access the young mothers and their partners and family, develop quality improvement projects that aim at reducing teenage pregnancy rates and increasing access to family planning in the region.
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
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To improve access to sexual reproductive health (SRH)services for teenagers