Reach a Hand Uganda partners with Yimuka

Yimuka is expending it´s partner network in Uganda and has started a partnership with Reach a Hand Uganda.

Reach a Hand Uganda was found by Humphrey Nabimanya in 2010. It is a youth-centered organization focusing on youth empowerment programs with an emphasis on Livelihoods & Skills Development, Social Behavior Change Communication, Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights, climate change and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention

For over 10 years, RAHU in all its efforts has worked to better the lives of all young people in Uganda, by providing access to accurate SRHR information. This is to enable them live healthy, productive, and fulfilled lives.

The list of accomplishments of Reach a Hand Uganda and the impact to the youth in Uganda simply is amazing. A few highlights:

  • About 18,000 young Ugandans have participated in the peer learning sessions
  • Further young Ugandans were reached through about 12,500 community outreaches and about 3,500 school outreaches
  • Almost 1,000 peer educators have been trained
  • More than 10 million people have been reached through social media

“We are honored to partner with Reach a Hand Uganda. Reach a Hand Uganda has a strong track record of helping young people in Uganda grow their knowledge, skills, and self-confidence. The peer educator program allows the trained people to apply what they learned immediately and become trainers themselves.” says Yimuka Co-Founder Daniel Walk.

Reach a Hand Uganda and Yimuka partner in guiding and loan funding 40 entrepreneurs in the first year of the partnership.Benson Muhindo, Reach a Hand Uganda Head of programs, emphasizes that “incorporation of this entrepreneurial program in collaboration with Yimuka, will enable us touch more young people’s economic lives and grow our impact among the youth in Uganda.”

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