Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

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THE CHALLENGE

AIMS tackles the crisis of adolescents in rural Kamuli in Uganda, lacking ample information and skills to make informed choices about their sexual health and well-being during puberty, yet, by 15, nearly 68% have had sex. Very young adolescents (10-14 years) young people (15-24), girls and the disabled are most at risk.

In 2021, Kamuli reported 6,511 teenage pregnancies, the highest in the region and 236 child rape incidents, the second highest in the country. In 2022, social workers recorded 32 adolescent pregnancies among girls attending five targeted primary schools

OUR THEORIES OF CHANGE AND INNOVATION

OUR PROJECTS

Activating an Inclusive Movement for Sexuality (AIMS): Adolescents are offered a safe place to learn about sexuality and sexual relationships, health and behaviours, and opportunities to practice their self-worth and voice. A community of Practice on CSE and ASRH for teachers and health workers set up supporting AIMS, to enable AIMS and non-AIMS adolescents to access friendlier SRH services, improve on understanding of unstable social beliefs enabling child marriage and limit adolescents’ access to CSE and SRH in Kamuli and how AIMS can target parental and community leadership reference network sustainability and use it to negotiate with central government to increase the allocation of resources for local application of NSEF.

Abaghala Isanhu Movement for Success (AIM): Abaghala Isanhu translates from Lusoga ‘The girls are joyful.’ It is a folk chant women and girls break into when happy. Unfortunately, due to unequal gender relations, these moments are rare. Kabukye Trust has a dream to empower girls to feel more joyful across Busoga.

Therefore, AIMS shall;

Empower girls and boys from Kamuli, Jinja, and Bugiri districts in Uganda, to start exercising the agency and having the bodily integrity, critical consciousness, and assets to reduce experiences of teenage pregnancy and its contributory risks.
Men, parents or caregivers, community leaders, health care providers, media, and local government departments develop zero-tolerance for the main contributory factors for teenage pregnancy especially child sexual abuse and child marriage and are galvanised to prevent them.

Abaghala-na-abalenzi Isanhu Movement for Success (AIMS): VYA girls and boys (10 – 14 year) start making good decisions, lead, take part in collective action, stay healthy and safe, know their self–worth andhave useful knowledge and skills that empower them to have more control over their lives and futures. Over 18 months, targeted 900 very young adolescent girls and boys will have developed improved aspirations, voice, knowledge and life skills to make informed choices to stay safe and healthy.

NEWS

We set up AIMS chapters

Chapter 1 (10 – 14)
Chapter 2 (15 – 24)
Chapter 3 (25 and above)