{"id":12,"date":"2025-05-03T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:57:13","slug":"outreach-efforts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/index.php\/outreach-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735d29ec e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"735d29ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e766 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"33e766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tOutreach efforts  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ebb5f0 elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57ebb5f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4bf4ed e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a4bf4ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46316a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c46316a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1.png 512w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472a1cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"472a1cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Adolescent Girls Empowerment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The organization is implementing\u00a0\"Adolescent Girls Empowerment Project\"\u00a0in the eight sub-counties of Busia District addressing; Teenage Pregnancies, Reducing unsafe abortion practices, Drug Abuse, Gender Inequalities and Gender Based Violence, Financial illiteracy, School Dropout, Prevention of HIV\/ AIDS, STI infections, , Increase Access to and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services among others.<\/p>\n<p>This project is designed to help mobilize, educate and support the young people in Busia Municipal council to seek HIV\/AIDS information and health related services especially targeting the most at risk population in Busia District, where the key drivers of HIV incidence in Busia include: a) Personal understanding of and attitude towards HIV; b) Awareness about personal and\/or partner HIV status; and c) high risk sexual behaviors including early sexual debut, multiple sexual relationships, limited and inconsistent condom use; and transactional, cross-generational and commercial sex.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2959058d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2959058d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd111c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd111c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78f310 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c78f310\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5663d7f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5663d7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b3b227 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b3b227\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f5698 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0f5698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1.png 512w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00ed965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"00ed965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Adolescent Girls Empowerment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The organization is implementing\u00a0\"Adolescent Girls Empowerment Project\" in the eight sub-counties of Busia District addressing; Teenage Pregnancies, Reducing unsafe abortion practices, Drug Abuse, Gender Inequalities and Gender Based Violence, Financial illiteracy, School Dropout, Prevention of HIV\/ AIDS, STI infections, , Increase Access to and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services among others. This project is designed to help mobilize, educate and support the young people in Busia Municipal council to seek HIV\/AIDS information and health related services especially targeting the most at risk population in Busia District, where the key drivers of HIV incidence in Busia include: a) Personal understanding of and attitude towards HIV; b)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52304e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e52304e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150fcc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"150fcc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\">\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Awareness about personal and\/or partner HIV status; and c) high risk sexual behaviors including early sexual debut, multiple sexual relationships, limited and inconsistent condom use; and transactional, cross-generational and commercial sex.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccfb7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ccfb7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG-20250717-WA0039.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bab4cc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0bab4cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27a3a3 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e27a3a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff6924 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cff6924\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85cda6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"85cda6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Football for Community challenge <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project is designed to popularize effective strategy for water and sanitation service delivery, improved health and hand washing promotion with soap in Busia District. The aim of this project is to build the capacity of school institutions, the pupils, and local community in selected high-volume schools, with the objective to address the needs of underserved young people, their families living in informal settlements without access to improved sanitation services, and where hygiene and sanitation related services are virtually nonexistent. The project will deliver improved sanitation practices by using the power of football to promote lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) knowledge and behavior change among children and<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0d489 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb0d489\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72074a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"72074a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\">\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0adolescents reaching approximately 27,103 young people in the Sub Counties of Masafu, Busime, Buyanga, Masaba, Buteba and Majanji.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0c458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e0c458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056.jpg 715w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed99849 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ed99849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74ddcc e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c74ddcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30eb482 elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30eb482\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a1a20 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74a1a20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7335766 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7335766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/two.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-679\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/two.png 512w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/two-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/two-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2a97fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"d2a97fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Football for Community challenge <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This project is designed to popularize effective strategy for water and sanitation service delivery, improved health and hand washing promotion with soap in Busia District. The aim of this project is to build the capacity of school institutions, the pupils, and local community in selected high-volume schools, with the objective to address the needs of underserved young people, their families living in informal settlements without access to improved sanitation services, and where hygiene and sanitation related services are virtually nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>The project will deliver improved sanitation practices by using the power of football to promote lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) knowledge and behavior change among children and adolescents reaching approximately 27,103 young people in the Sub Counties of Masafu, Busime, Buyanga, Masaba, Buteba and Majanji.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32962f2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32962f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5009ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5009ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056.jpg 715w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250813-WA0056-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04dda19 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04dda19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e8e2b2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e8e2b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b514a99 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b514a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-3.png 512w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yesbusia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/number-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e982584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"e982584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Tap and Respond to Young Adolescents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This program is needed to help reduce suffering and improved mental health and psycho-social wellbeing of adolescents and families where family and community support and systems are mobilized, activated and strengthened to promote adolescents and family wellbeing by: Reducing and preventing harm, strengthening resilience to recover from adversity and improving the care conditions that enable children and families to survive and thrive. 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This project is designed to help mobilize, educate and support the young people in Busia Municipal council to seek HIV\/AIDS information and health related services especially targeting the most at risk population in Busia District, where the key drivers of HIV incidence in Busia include: a) Personal understanding of and attitude towards HIV; b) Awareness about personal and\/or partner HIV status; and c) high risk sexual behaviors including early sexual debut, multiple sexual relationships, limited and inconsistent condom use; and transactional, cross-generational and commercial sex. Adolescent Girls Empowerment The organization is implementing\u00a0&#8220;Adolescent Girls Empowerment Project&#8221; in the eight sub-counties of Busia District addressing; Teenage Pregnancies, Reducing unsafe abortion practices, Drug Abuse, Gender Inequalities and Gender Based Violence, Financial illiteracy, School Dropout, Prevention of HIV\/ AIDS, STI infections, , Increase Access to and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services among others. This project is designed to help mobilize, educate and support the young people in Busia Municipal council to seek HIV\/AIDS information and health related services especially targeting the most at risk population in Busia District, where the key drivers of HIV incidence in Busia include: a) Personal understanding of and attitude towards HIV; b) \u00a0Awareness about personal and\/or partner HIV status; and c) high risk sexual behaviors including early sexual debut, multiple sexual relationships, limited and inconsistent condom use; and transactional, cross-generational and commercial sex. Football for Community challenge This project is designed to popularize effective strategy for water and sanitation service delivery, improved health and hand washing promotion with soap in Busia District. The aim of this project is to build the capacity of school institutions, the pupils, and local community in selected high-volume schools, with the objective to address the needs of underserved young people, their families living in informal settlements without access to improved sanitation services, and where hygiene and sanitation related services are virtually nonexistent. The project will deliver improved sanitation practices by using the power of football to promote lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) knowledge and behavior change among children and \u00a0adolescents reaching approximately 27,103 young people in the Sub Counties of Masafu, Busime, Buyanga, Masaba, Buteba and Majanji. Football for Community challenge This project is designed to popularize effective strategy for water and sanitation service delivery, improved health and hand washing promotion with soap in Busia District. The aim of this project is to build the capacity of school institutions, the pupils, and local community in selected high-volume schools, with the objective to address the needs of underserved young people, their families living in informal settlements without access to improved sanitation services, and where hygiene and sanitation related services are virtually nonexistent. The project will deliver improved sanitation practices by using the power of football to promote lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) knowledge and behavior change among children and adolescents reaching approximately 27,103 young people in the Sub Counties of Masafu, Busime, Buyanga, Masaba, Buteba and Majanji. Tap and Respond to Young Adolescents This program is needed to help reduce suffering and improved mental health and psycho-social wellbeing of adolescents and families where family and community support and systems are mobilized, activated and strengthened to promote adolescents and family wellbeing by: Reducing and preventing harm, strengthening resilience to recover from adversity and improving the care conditions that enable children and families to survive and thrive. 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