Our Big Give match funding campaign is live! Thanks to the wonderful Postcode Lottery players, donations made to us in the Small Charity Week match funding campaign will be DOUBLED through funding awarded by Postcode Global Trust! We have until Monday 29th June 5pm to reach our goal of £8000 which would fund the youth friendly services for a whole year. Please see our campaign page for more information and to donate:
https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000CojuIYAR
Uganda has one of the world’s youngest populations, with about half the population aged under 18 years. The teenage pregnancy rate is around 25%. Young people can find it particularly difficult to access health services, because of lack of resources, but also because the conventional delivery of services can be off-putting (e.g. attending a service where neighbours or relatives might see you). Additional barriers for young people near BCH are the hilly terrain and poor public transport links.
From 2016 we worked alongside BCH to establish a free Youth Friendly Clinic at the hospital providing confidential comprehensive primary healthcare. This has recently expanded to include community outreach clinics in a number of villages to address the problem of young people not being able to access hospital services due to lack of funds or transport. There has been a huge increase in numbers accessing services. We would like to continue to fund this project in 2027.
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