Strategic intervention areas for each of the priority areas are summaries in the TABLE below:
Provision of contextualized SRHR services to children and youth | |||||
GTYI’s work is geared towards one mission: To provide a holistic support opportunity for vulnerable children and youth through education, sustainable agriculture, access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, and sexual reproductive health education. | |||||
Education empowerment. | Sustainable agriculture. | Adolescent sexual reproductive health (SRHR) | Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) | Advocacy and policy influence | Organisational Learning and Development |
By focusing on the following intervention areas, we hope to implement various activities between 2024 and 2029 | |||||
Establish a young entrepreneurship and skilling center | Establish a youth skilling and entrepreneurship center | Establish a demonstration of organic and biodynamic farms | Construction of offices for the NGO, classrooms, staff housing, dormitories, and dining hall. | Conduct community meetings to discuss children’s rights, land rights, environmental rights, media outreach | Construction of clean energy facilities for the school |
Training young people and youth in urban farming (hydroponic and greenhouse farming) | Construction of water tanks for community and schools | Scaling up of health education and relevant awareness campaigns targeting various stakeholders. | Construction of water sources ie wells, boreholes, rainwater harvest, water runoff catchment | Establishment of a toll-free line for children and youth to report any form of violence against them | Establishment of a center of excellence for children and adolescent health/youth hospital |
Conduct annual young innovators and entrepreneurs’ awards | Training young people and youth in soil erosion control methods | Construction of water runoff catchments for irrigation and domestic use | Train adolescents on the production of reusable pads | Training the youth and children on their rights and responsibility | Procure vehicles to ease the transport |
Hold annual young innovators and entrepreneur’s academy | Orient the staff on Uganda’s sexuality education framework. | Establish young farmers’ clubs and cooperatives | Establish a water user committee for the various wells | Advocate for policies and legal frameworks that promote the rights of children and youth | Salaries and pay structure |
Training young farmers in value addition, marketing and price negotiations, and entrepreneurship skills | Constructing eco san latrines | Support Golden Treasure Primary School | Conduct community sensitization meetings on hygiene and sanitation | Advocate for the adolescent reproductive budget at district and national levels | Software design, website for policy and financial management systems. |
conduct community mobilization for identifying vulnerable children to be supported at Golden Treasure P.S | Establish young village saving and lending groups | Promote climate-resilient crops | Obtain printed material on primary health care | Advocate for the education budget at district and national levels | |
Conduct capacity-building training for the trainers | Reclaim depleted soils through the promotion of modern agriculture practices. | Conduct annual Kyoto (campfires) | Constructing eco-san latrines | ||
Establish a fully stocked library and computer laboratory at Golden Treasure P.S | Protect water catchment areas | Conduct sensitization meetings on SRHR | Preserve water catchment areas by planting trees. | ||
Conduct co-curricular activities | Participate in SRHR conferences, annual youth, and international AIDS Day celebrations | Distribute SRHR commodities |