Extend a Life Initiative Uganda

COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD UNDER THE THEME: "EMPOWER HER FUTURE; TOGETHER AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGES" IN KYASA PARISH, NAMAYUMBA SUB-COUNTY, WAKISO DISTRICT.
2024-10-17 | KYASA-GANGAMA PARISH, KYASA, GANGAMA TRADING CENTER, WAKISO
It’s everyone’s responsibility to end Child Marriage
Extend A Life Initiative Uganda will commemorate the post International Day of the Girl Child under the theme; “Empower Her Future, Together Against Child Marriage!” This will be conducted in Kyasa pariah, Namayumba sub-county, Wakiso district. The event will take place on Thursday, 17/10/2024. The event will be attended by beneficiaries from Kyasa, Kitayita, Kanziro, bembe, Lutisi and Nakedde parishes. stakeholders from the local government, schools, Health workers and the community people will also be present. Girls and women will be celebrated and they will have chance to share their success stories, challenges faced and how they over came them.
The day will also be graced with with other activities like sports in Netball and Foot ball from our beneficiaries from different parishes. This will enable them to interact more and make meaningful partnerships with their peers from other parishes. This will also enable them to relieve themselves from mental health challenges and free free to open up with one another to get solutions with their challenges. This will empower and strength them to advocate for their rights so that they have a more comfortable and meaningful life.
Along side the commemoration of the International Girl Child day, there will also be an activity of SRHR services conducted. There will be voluntary HIV/AIDs screening and testing of individuals including the child mothers and young women at risk. Family planning services will also be offered. PrEP and PEP will also be available to individuals who may be interested in getting it and the health workers will be available to give out informing to whoever would wish to have these services. This will help in preventing of the STIs, unplanned pregnancies’ and avoiding contracting of HIV/AIDs.

TRANSFORMATIVE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING WORKSHOP
2023-12-06 08:00 - 2023-12-08 17:00 UTC | Kyaliwajjala, Kyaliwajjala, Kampala, Kampala, P.O BOX 43339, Uganda
Extend a Life Initiative Uganda will be participating in the forthcoming 3 days residential training organized by Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) for all the Girl First Fund partners in Uganda. The Girls First Fund (GFF) supports interventions to end child marriage in Uganda through initiatives implemented by over 30 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Community-based organizations (CBOs) from all regions of Uganda. CEDOVIP has organized this training In a bid to further strengthen collaboration to address the escalating levels of child marriage, and advocacy for law reform and implementation.

NATIONAL GIRL SUMMIT
2023-11-30 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Kampala) | Silver springs Hotel Bugoloobi, Silver Springs Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, 34449, Uganda
Extend A Life Initiative Uganda will be participating in the forth coming National Girl Summit scheduled for 30/11/2023. This is the 6th summit organized by Girls Not Brides together with Joy for Children and other stakeholders in the fight against child marriages and teenage pregnancies in Uganda with a theme “A united society free from child Marriage”
