HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
YEI provides free HIV counseling and testing services, and engages communities in discussing effective prevention of and care of HIV/AIDS through home visits, worksite...Read more
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Programs & Services
Thanks to the remarkable contributions of our donors, project team, community-based and global volunteers, and partner organizations; our programs have expanded to cover the following;
Vocational Skills Trainings
Having started the vocational program in early 2008 with support from the Staying Alive Foundation, YEI has already trained more than 500 artisans in making crafts and in weaving. To help them sell their products and earn personal income, we have helped the artisans open a local shop and we also promote their products to the wider market...Read more
Care & Support for OVCs
By understanding the realities on the ground and the needs of the local communities, our volunteer members have created programs designed to benefit both orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs) and the caretakers of these children...Read more
Psychosocial Counseling Services
YEI has a specialized team of counselors and child protection specialists who work with parents, teachers and caretakers of orphans to create more effective parenting techniques. The counselors also engage them in discussions about how to prevent child abuse and how to educate children about their rights... Read more
Drama & Theater Education
Drama is a very engaging and effective communication model because it combines education with entertainment, which YEI refers to as "edutainment". We organize young people - both in and out of school - into groups and involve them in edutainment...Read more
Human Rights Programs and Outreach
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...Read more
Consulting Services
Training means skills acquisition, which in turn means empowerment. We take our expertise in developing in-house programs on human rights, HIV/AIDS prevention, child protection, gender equality and other social and economic issues and train staff at other organizations to develop their own programs...Read more
The Tim Rosta Youth Resource Centre
Located in the heart of the border town of Lhubiriha-Mpondwe (at the Ugandan border with the Democratic Republic of Congo), the centre is named after one of our longtime supporters, Mr. Tim Rosta. Read more
I am a 23-year old mother of two. My husband died two years ago and I wanted to commit suicide because I thought it was the end of the world for me. I did not have a job and I knew I was HIV positive. I poisoned myself but was rushed to the hospital by relatives. YEI volunteers visited me at the hospital and advised me to enroll in their free vocational skill trainings. I have finished the craft-making course and am now selling my crafts in the community.
I am also going to start my own craft-making centre in my village. Since I now have a source of income, and with the continuous counseling I get from YEI, I now have a purpose in life.
Biira,
Vocational skill beneficiary in Kitholhu.
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!