Issues affecting children and young people in Zambia
- Child Marriage
- High school dropout rates
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Disease burden – HIV, Malaria, STI’s
- Loss of primary caregivers/orphanhood
- Underage patronage of bars
- Child labour
- Limited access to adolescence sexual and reproductive health services
- Child/grandparents headed households
- Limited access to social protection by vulnerable children and youth
- Limited access to food and nutrition by vulnerable children, youth and their households
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Repssi Work in Zambia
- Collaborates with Chieftainess Kawaza to build the capacity of village committees, including in the Minimum Package of Services, use of PSS resources and a learning visit on the operation of village taskforces
- Partners with the Ministry of General Education, the Kawaza Development Foundation and Mphangwe Community radio station to implement the reduction on early and unintended pregnancy among in-school youth
- Oriented teachers in general psychosocial concepts and the use of the psychosocial Life skills manual for young people
- Trained teachers on how to set up and manage learners’ listener clubs and how to coordinate radio-listening activities
- Trained Community Based Implementers to facilitate conversations with in-and-out of school adolescents and young people using the PSS life-skills toolkit
- Got TEVETA accreditation to continue the Diploma in CBWCY
