Sport for Health
A project supported by CEFARH Foundation Uganda
Founded by a group of young medical students in 2010, CEFARH is a non-profit organisation that aims to assist disadvantaged communities in Uganda with major challenges such as improving the education system; preventing diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and reducing poverty, unemployment and crime.
"Sport for Her" is an initiative that leverages amateur and traditional dance for the purpose of education, awareness-raising and prevention of teenage pregnancy and violence against children in communities in northern Uganda.
Context
In 2013, the World Bank ranked Uganda as number 16 of the 25 countries with the highest rates of early marriage: 46% of young girls are married before the age of 18 and 12% before the age of 15. The teenage pregnancy rate in northern Uganda is 35%. In addition, access to contraception is increasingly limited, and the rate of use is just 21% among adolescents. This has led to an increase in unwanted pregnancies and maternal mortality in disadvantaged areas as a consequence of unsafe abortions and limited medical facilities.
Through sports-based awareness and community education programmes, the project aims to foster girls’ empowerment and enable them to regain control of both their bodies and their lives.
Goals
- Foster the empowerment of girls through amateur and traditional dance
- Reduce the prevalence rates of sexually transmitted diseases and improve care for those already infected
- Establish networks and cooperation programmes with local stakeholders in order to facilitate socio-economic growth in the target disadvantaged areas
- Contribute to the resilience of vulnerable populations during pandemics
Activities
- Organising amateur and traditional dance festivals, setting up football clubs in communities and schools, and holding regular tournaments
- Arranging free HIV/AIDS counselling and testing days for local people
- Holding awareness-raising workshops on the dangers of early marriage and pregnancy for girls, as well as on contraceptive methods
- Providing care and support for sick people in order to avoid further trauma
Impacts
- Over 2,000 disadvantaged individuals in the north of the country have benefited from the programme
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Location
Uganda
Project led by
CEFARH
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