Table 1 Description of the intervention
Intervention domain | Activities carried out | Target populations | Number of sessions/outputs | Frequency of delivery | Agency responsible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Job markets and employment | ✓ Vocational skills training | Out-of-school 16–25 year olds | 496 youths trained | 4 months training with internship | World Vision Uganda, Lugogo Vocational Training Institute, KCCA |
✓ Saving group formation and training | All young people aged 13–25 years | 1873 members, USD71,429 in cumulative savings 75 groups registered as Community-Based Organisations 3 groups have accessed KCCA Community Development Driven grant | Weekly saving group meetings | World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Information sessions between Business Savings and Loan Associations (BSLA) groups and financial service providers and facilitating opening of bank accounts, | BSLA members, financial institutions | 75 BSLAs opened up group accounts in banks. 1000 members attended bank exhibitions and accessed financial literacy education | Once a year in each division | World Vision Uganda, KCCA, Development Finance Company of Uganda (DFCU) bank, Centenary and Post Banks. | |
✓ Saving group meetings and Community Based Trainers (CBT) training and mentorship | 13–25 year olds | World Vision Uganda | |||
✓ Business and entrepreneurship skills training | BSLA members, CBTs and vocational skills graduates | 2379 members trained | Once every year | World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Mentorship groups | BSLA members | 1873 members attached to a community business mentor | Once every month | World Vision Uganda | |
Sexual and reproductive health needs and rights | ✓ Peer-to-peer SRHR sessions in community and youth centres. | 13–25 year olds in both divisions | A total of 30 peer-to-peer sessions were conducted in the community; 641 young people (205 male, 436 female) reached with SRH/HIV information | One session per peer education every month | Uganda Youth Development Link, Religious Institutions, KCCA |
✓ Community outreaches and referrals | 13–25 year olds in both divisions | 4796 youths accessed youth-friendly SRHR services | Outreaches conducted 2 times every week | Uganda Youth Development Link, KCCA | |
✓ Tracking complete referrals from community outreaches to health centres | 13–25 year olds | A total of 325 cases of young people (57 male, 268 female) referred during this period. 271young people (41 male, 230 female) tracked as complete referrals to various health centres. | Every month | Uganda Youth Development Link, China Friendship Hospital, Kisugu Health Centre, Kiswa/Naguru Health Centre, KCCA, Kisenyi Health Centre | |
✓ Learning visits by youths to SRH sites | Young people rehabilitated at the youth centres | Eight exposure learning visits conducted. 183 young people (69 male, 114 female) participated in the visits at friendly SRH sites/ facilities | Once every quarter for four years | Uganda Youth Development Link, KCCA health centres | |
✓ Meetings with religious leaders to combat sex work among youths | Religious leaders from different religious affiliations | 57 religious leaders (representing 45 religious institutions) were equipped with SRH information mobilising the community and youths involved in commercial sex to seek these services. | Once a quarter | Uganda Youth Development Link | |
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✓ SRHR life skills training for 20 youth clubs at each religious institution; | Youths subscribing to youth clubs formed at the religious institutions | 400 youths received life skills training | Every month | 20 religious institutions, Uganda Youth Development Link | |
✓ Feedback meetings on progress of SRHR interventions | All youths in six targeted parishes in Nakawa and Makindye | 4 feedback meetings held | Once every year | Uganda Youth Development Link | |
✓ Safe male circumcision | Males aged 13–25 years | 498 boys circumcised | Conducted Feb–Apr 2016 | Uganda Youth Development Link, KCCA health centres, World Vision Uganda | |
Child protection | ✓ Linkage meetings between formal and informal child protection structures | All child protection structures (police, child protection committees, judiciary, probation, school teachers, parents/caretakers) | 12 meetings | Once every quarter | World Vision Uganda, KCCA |
✓ Dialogue meetings | All community members in the 6 F | 72 dialogue meetings | Every quarter | World Vision Uganda, Probation office | |
✓ Inter-talent events for schools, child rights club activities | 10 primary schools | 1 talent event | Once | 10 primary schools, World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Refresher training for Child Protection Committees (CPCs) on record keeping | CPCs and teachers | 120 CPCs and 20 teachers oriented on record keeping in 2016 | Once | World Vision Uganda, KCCA | |
✓ Psychosocial support training | Child protection committees and teachers | 1 training session conducted | Once | World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Community gatherings to address child protection issues | All community members | 48 gatherings conducted | Once a quarter | World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Case management by formal and informal structures | CPCs and households with child protection issues | 368 cases handled | Ongoing case by case | KCCA, police, World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Monitor informal child protection structures to ensure that they are functioning | Child protection committees | 2 monitoring and support visits done | 2 times a year | World Vision Uganda, KCCA, police | |
Civic engagement | |||||
✓ Selected youth groups supported to continuously assess the different service delivery in different public institutions | Youths aged 16–25 years in Civic Voice and Action working team | 25 youths in working teams supported to monitor service delivery | Every month | Uganda Youth Network, KCCA, World Vision Uganda | |
✓ High-level dialogue engagements with KCCA to develop divisional and joint advocacy plans | KCCA technical and political teams | 2 high level dialogue engagements with 506 young people held | Once in 2016 and 2017 | Uganda Youth Network, KCCA, World Vision Uganda | |
✓ Community dialogues between youths and community leaders to discuss issues affecting youth | Youth and community members | 38 dialogues | Every month | Uganda Youth Network, KCCA, | |
✓ Support the CVA groups to hold 8 community gatherings for improved service delivery | Community members | 8 gatherings | Bi annual | Uganda Youth Network, Youth CBOs | |
Disability | ✓ Advocate for people with disability | Young people (0–18) with disability | 75 given wheelchairs | One-off activity | World Vision Uganda, KCCA |
Existing policy and law enforcement | ✓ Raise community awareness of available laws on risky social behaviours | Entertainment centres, community members, local leaders | 12 meetings held | Quarterly for 3 years | KCCA, Uganda Youth Network, Uganda Youth Development Link |