Stories

Amplifying voices through stories

We are excited to share with you stories of young people from across the globe! These stories offer unique, diverse and eye-opening reflections on how COVID-19 is impacting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Enjoy!

Featured Stories in writing

Young people paving the way to SRHR and peace during the pandemic

Did they Know These Too are Abortions?

Freeing The Caged Bird

Reframing My Identity

A Hazy Summer

Between Poverty and A Pandemic: How the Right to Pleasure Matters for All

Dialoguing to Bridge Gender Inequality in China through the Multicultural Women’s Dialogue

International Youth Day 2021: How is food security ensuring young people’s sexual & reproductive health & rights?

Photo gallery: Unlocking a Youth Force in the Lockdown

For Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA) the COVID-19 lockdown did not mean stopping their work. On the contrary: their ambassadors move through community, promoting proper hand sanitization, delivering ARV treatment refills, creating awareness on stigma against HIV and COVID19, setting up referrals for more complex SRHR needs, among other services.

Be sure to read more about their unwavering efforts here and enjoy the photo gallery highlighting their work below!

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Joseph Kakande gets ready to make his first delivery by bike in Kampala

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Francis Okeng on making a stop ahead of heading out to deliver other services

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The deliveries reach out to all people, young and old. Here Kennedy Obua makes a stop to handover a refill to one of the clients

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The reigning Mr Y+ Micheal Ballack Ssenyonga on reach out duty in Kasese. As M Y+, he is at the forefront of and model for ambassadors Changing the Narrative

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With full mask and boots on, Oscar Ewaa prepares to head to clients in Northern Uganda

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Ambassadors take time off to share a light moment in between deliveries in Entebbe, a suburb in Wakiso district.

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Akulu Ruth takes a walk back home in the evening after an honest day’s work in Wakiso District

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Mariam Nabula takes off a moment to share with her peers on adherence after a successful delivery