Projects

Health mobilization

It is heart breaking to lose any family member to a communicable disease. It is needed to give the next generation community knowledge, awareness and capability as the first line of defence and to move towards healthy living.

ADPP-GB is involved in promoting general health and mobilising youth to be active in communities to raise awareness about the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.

The youth (7 men and 8 women) have the communities around the schools within a five-kilometre radius of the health centre.

They are raising awareness among adolescents/young people about the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, the use of condoms, and family planning methods.

Raising awareness to increase their capacity and knowledge of how to use health services.

The project was implemented in Bissau, Bafata and Gabu.

In Farim youth is mobilised to strengthen Maternal and Child Health Communities are mobilised to abandon harmful traditional practices, especially Female Genital Mutilation/Excision, early marriage, forced marriage, schooling for young girls and women, Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health and identify and orientate young Peer Educators in the communities.

24.133

people reached in 2023

The project is supported by UNFPA, CNAPN (World Bank), The Ministry of Health and Humana People to People Partners.