DSW Uganda Changing Communities through Youth Truck Services

DSW Youth Truck is a mobile outreach service, which sensitizes youth in rural areas and urban slums on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including HIV/AIDS prevention through films and other activities. 

The project aims at positive behaviour change among young people through a variety of activities such as establishing and strengthening youth clubs or peer groups, providing information, education, and services on/for sexual and reproductive health.

 

In 2015, DSW joined Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU) in facilitating the Annual Youth Camp held at Hannah Mixed School in Nsangi. DSW used the Youth Truck to moblise youths and educate them through highly participatory and youth friendly methods like film shows, games and sports activities, as well as group work, role plays and discussions in which themes like adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights information and education, entrepreneurship skills training, life skills education and non-violent conflict resolution.

This year's Youth Camp themed, "Life in my shoes," will take place between 22nd and 28th May.

Posted by Esther Namirimu- Communications Officer- DSW Uganda

About DSW-Uganda

DSW Uganda was established in 1999 and currently operates in 8 districts including; Kampala, Wakiso, Masindi, Mukono, Mityana, Jinja, Kamuli, Kiryadongo Busia and Tororo. In these districts, DSW works in partnership with the local Government administration and implements different projects.

What We Do

DSW Uganda is specializes in holistic youth programming with a core competency in advocacy for adolescent sexual and reproductive health. DSW has positioned itself as a catalyst of evidence based advocacy efforts on ASRH and a key technical advisor to decision makers on health budgeting and the role of SRHR in other health conditions such as malaria, maternal and child health, respiratory diseases, mental health. At the same time, DSW fosters an active citizenry and civil society through capacity building on advocacy, resource mobilization, Entrepreneurship-Business, civic education and governance. DSW is also emerging as an advocate and promoter of PHE programming at national, district and community Levels with people-centred PHE projects at community level.

DSW Uganda Goals

To contribute to increased access to SRHR services, information and supplies in Uganda

To contribute to integration and prioritizing of SRHR within national health programmes in Uganda

To contribute to the empowerment and improvement of young people’s health and socio-economic well being in Uganda