Promoting Awareness for Healthier Lives
Reproductive Health Education is a vital part of DESECE’s work to empower individuals and communities.We provide accurate, age-appropriate information on reproductive rights, family planning, and sexual health. Our programs aim to reduce stigma, prevent early pregnancies, and promote access to essential health services.
Strategic goal
Objective
• Empower 70% of 13,680 people to have sustainable families through education on family planning, sexual and reproductive health, spread, and prevention of HIV/AIDS, STIs, FGM and safe motherhood by 2025.
• To raise the level of health awareness in the community
Activities
Monthly planning meeting of Rain Workers with their specific supervisors
Refresher Training for 38 Rain workers
Exchange program with other Rain Workers in the other parts of the country
Monthly training 2 sessions of each of the 38 Rain Workers in the community
Monthly outreach sessions in 76 schools
Monthly report writing
Monthly monitoring and evaluation
Training of 30 community opinion leaders in Mt. Elgon on dangers of FGM
Awareness training on prevention of unwanted pregnancies, HIV/AIDs, STIs and FGM
Training of youth and families on family planning
Provision of sanitary towels to girls in schools
To conduct awareness on hygiene practices at individual, household and communitylevels.
Conduct basic home economic trainings.on
Expected outcome
Access to safe reproductive health & sexual services
Informed choices on family planning
Reduced cases of unwanted pregnancies, HIV, STIs and FGM.
Reduced child and maternal mortality.
Improved access to sanitary towels
Reduced stigmatization for girls
Improved hygiene practices