Who We Are
EYOU is a registered not for profit organization that is youth led and youth serving that seeks to advance quality health and well-being Of young people, adolescent girl and young women.
We are one of the CSO in Eastern Uganda with our head office in Mbale and we work closely with district administrations in different departments to promote and ensure gender equality, economic empowerment, up take of sexual reproductive services and quality living of people.
Our work mainly concentrates on mobilizing young people and enhancing their increased demand, Usage, access and uptake of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and services, MCH, HIV and Sexual Gender Based Violence services and information.
We work so closely with many communities, schools and youths to address issues of Sexual and Gender Based Violence as well as challenging harmful practices and working towards elimination of child marriages and teenage pregnancies.
Additionally, EYOU embraces and enhances meaningful youth participation by creating
opportunities for young people to meaningfully participate in making informed decisions and in policy making, programs and in Eastern region of Uganda.
Our Mission
To build a socially and economically empowered society that upholds gender equality and equity through entrepreneurship and active participation of young people in policy making and implementation processes.
Our Vision
An empowered and inclusive society for us all in health, economic, political and social spheres.
Our Core Values
- Elite Youth of Uganda is youth oriented. Our programming facilitates participation and engagement that is about the youths, for the youths and with the youths
- We value equity and equality in every way we know how from our internal policies to program implementation, we ensure equal opportunities irrespective of one’s creed, ethos or social background.
- We are gender responsive. we operate on zero tolerance of GBV discriminations
TRANSFORMING LIVES FOR GOOD
Challenges We Seek to Address
Limited access to sexual reproductive health among youths
News & Notices
Amplifying Young People’s Voices Against Teenage Pregnancies Mutoto Primary School Outreach
Teenage pregnancy is any pregnancy occurring between the ages of 10-19 years. The current teenage pregnancy rate in Uganda is at 25% and the highest in East Africa. According to the Ministry of Health, 25% of Ugandan teenagers become pregnant by the age of 19, close to half are married before their 18th birthday and continue having babies into their
The Young Mothers forum
During these forums young mothers meet and share experiences and enhance their knowledge, young mothers and other adolescent girls and young women at high risk of early motherhood on safe motherhood practices like; family planning including long-acting contraception. This project offers opportunity for the collection of stories and information on girls’ experiences with health centers; we carry out one young
YOUTH AND YOUNG MOTHERS BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Lack of Economic Empowerment services has the devastating potential to create a severe of economic impacts. Young people have straggled with life and they need a hand that can support them through Economic Empowerment that can equip them with constructive Knowledge and reliable Skills. It is noticed that 60% of youths in their productive years, lack direction which has contributed
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