YEI-UGANDA [Youth Empowering Initiative]

Human Rights Programs & Outreach

HIV testing (55K) Human rights are not a privilege and they have no substitute! YEI believes there cannot be any meaningful empowerment without respect for human rights.

Our human rights program includes child protection and support for young people who have suffered abuse, especially for victims of rape and domestic violence.

Our volunteer members also organize and execute campaigns against gender-based violence, especially violence against women and children.

We also foster the realization of the rights of PLWHAs, youth, PWDs, orphans and other vulnerable people in our community.

These campaigns include home-to-home sensitization, focus group discussions, workshops, community trainings, discussions with local leaders and law-enforcement officers and advocacy on local legislation to accommodate the rights of all.

I had suffered rape at the hands of my uncle for about two years. He always threatened to kill me if I told anyone. Then one day I heard YEI volunteers speaking on the radio. They explained that they help rape victims by sending them to school, placing them in foster homes and talking to their abusers. I had always wanted to report my uncle for abusing me, but as an orphan I feared he would stop giving me school fees. But when I heard that I could get school fees from YEI, I picked up the courage and spoke about it. The counselor at YEI encouraged and advised me to take an HIV test. Sadly, I tested positive. However, I was taken to school and registered as a YEI volunteer. I am on ARVs and will be sitting for my high school exams next year. The good thing is that I am no longer suffering any abuse and I have hope for the future. I plan to be an International Human Rights activist after school.

Mbambu,
Bwera SSS student and YEI Volunteer.

local-volunteers (58K)

Local volunteers discuss ideas for campaigns to promote human rights awareness among community members.

Become a Volunteer

Please make a difference in the lives of the needy by supporting YEI. For $10 you can help one person enroll for ARVs, $50 can pay a year's school fees for an orphan,
$100 can sponsor a radio program on HIV for a whole month, $500 can help two vulnerable youth acquire valuable vocational skills.

To donate, please write to admin@yei-uganda.org.

Thank you!