SAFY helps young people to help themselves and their peers. Training Peer Educators at SAFY's Youth Centre.
Aims & Objectives
Our aims
- Promote positive behavior change through communication and education.
- Create a supportive environment for improving the health of young people through policy and advocacy.
- Build individual, community and institutional capacity to plan, implement, evaluate and sustain activities.
Our objectives
- To establish and promote youth services (recreational, educational, vocational, counselling, psychosocial support).
- To help communities manage and track the health and development of young people.
- To help young people develop and strengthen their life skills, giving special consideration to the most vulnerable groups (girls and young people with disabilities).
- To develop and disseminate information and knowledge relevant to the needs of young people, with specific attention to HIV/AIDS and reproductive health.
- To provide young people with options for economic independence and social responsibility.
- To help build a community structure that is responsive to the needs of young people.
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