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"Family planning is my right and my choice"

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts(WAGGGS) and Global Youth Mobilization (GYM) came together to focus on alleviating the negative repercussions of the pandemic on young people, amplifying their positive contributions to addressing the effects in their local communities.

As part of this exciting collaboration between the Big 6 Youth Organizations, WAGGGS will engage MOs that have already started to implement projects with and for girls and young women that address the needs of their local communities to overcome the impact of COVID-19.

This partnership will address different key issues and challenges resulted from COVID-19 outbreak. In Rwanda it has been proven that there is a high increase of teenage pregnancy and this why our project entitled “family planning is my right and my choice” will focus on awareness activities and family planning service delivery all included in the following activities:

  • Provision of contraceptives such as the implant or intra uterine device (IUD), hormonal pill, morning after pill, condoms

  • Conduct Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) for adolescents in five primary schools and five secondary schools in Gikondo

  • Delivery Sexual health information and counseling to enhance personal relationships and quality of life

  • Increase awareness of family planning to fight against misconceptions around it.

AGR will also deliver this project in 12 schools (primary and secondary schools) in Gikondo. Recruited and trained 24 peer educators will educate 900 students on SRHR and family planning.