YHP Kenya

Improve the health and well-being of young people by increasing their knowledge on NCD prevention, increasing their capacity to make informed decisions about their health, improving health services and advocating for a supportive policy environment for young people.

The direct beneficiaries of the programme are 88,182 young people aged 10-24 and over 1,912 teachers, parents, health professionals and government and civil society stakeholders from the targeted villages in Nairobi’s Kibera and Mathare informal settlements, who will be reached through working with schools, families, health facilities and other community structures.

An additional 400,000 young people aged 10-24 and 196,000 members of the wider community will be reached indirectly through campaigns, events and other YHP awareness raising activities, in the targeted villages in Nairobi’s Kibera and Mathare informal settlements. 

1. Empower young people through building knowledge and skills on NCD prevention, enabling them to take informed decisions about their health, using peer education and community outreach.    

2. Mobilise communities including schools, families and community stakeholders on NCD prevention and the broader health of young people, to create a supportive and enabling environment for young people.

3. Strengthen health services to meet the needs of young people.

4. Advocate for a policy environment that supports NCD prevention and promotes the broader health of young people.

Cumulative reach to date, year end 2023:

• 61 peer educators directly reached over 55,900 young people through peer education session and, indirectly, over 199,500 through community events and social media campaigns

• a total of 248 teachers and 853 parents and caregivers have been trained

• 91 health professionals have been mobilised and trained

• indirectly, more than 415,500 community members have been reached.
   

Other highlights

• Following the results of score-carding by young people on the provision of health services, YHP Kenya in consultation with Ministry of Health officials, Nairobi City County Government Departments of NCD and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and youth representatives themselves, made recommendations for improvements to youth-friendly services. These are now being tested in 6 health facilities in Nairobi. Going forward, a wider rollout plan will be considered in conjunction with the Nairobi City County Health Management Team.

• YHP Kenya has also collaborated in numerous advocacy events including with the Nairobi City County School Health Department on the development of a Training of Trainers (TOT) manual aimed at supporting the implementation of the Kenya School Health Policy in all schools in Nairobi.