by Nduta Waweru | Dec 8, 2022 | Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
By Muthoki Kithanze Margaret Kwamboka, 18, lives in an informal settlement in Nairobi’s Githurai area. She has lived in this expansive concrete jungle most of her life and together with her peers, has gone through a tough life. “I have friends as young as 16 years...
by Esayas Meskel | Dec 5, 2022 | Advance, Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
From 7 to 9 November, a team of donors, represented by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) along with the Stiftungallianz für Afrika gGmbH (SAfA), visited three projects, which are synergized under a shared programmatic outcome located...
by Nduta Waweru | Nov 22, 2022 | Global Health, Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Kenya is among 125 countries at the November 14-17 International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand. The theme for the biennial event is “Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage: Innovate. Collaborate. Accelerate.” Family planning is a crucial...
by Brussels Communications | Nov 10, 2022 | Brussels, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
For our latest blog post, we’re bringing together two young people, one a Youth Champion of our partner organisation in Uganda, the other an Advocacy Officer in our Brussels office. John Jessy and Ffion joined forces recently in Uganda, Brussels, and Berlin, and in...
by Esayas Meskel | Nov 8, 2022 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
Two friendly spaces for women and girls to access safe, psychosocial, as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services were established in Dilla town of the Gedeo Zone in SNNP region and Bule-Hora town in West Guji Zone of the Oromia region. Both...
by Brussels Communications | Oct 26, 2022 | Brussels, Empower, Youth Empowerment
On October 4, the European Commission adopted its first ever Youth Action Plan (YAP), which will be the guiding policy framework to promote youth engagement and empowerment as part of the EU’s external action between 2022-2027. This was a key deliverable for Jutta...