2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Table of Contents Foreword
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Programs
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2016 activities timeline
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Top 5 highlights of 2016 Peer Educators Family Annual Youth Camp Inter Generational Dialogue Community Dialogue World Populations Day
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Online communication & reach
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SautiPlus Website
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Partnerships & fundraising
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Finances
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3,000,000 Users reached on social media
Activity in 70 Schools Countrywide
13,528 Young people reached directly through peer learning sessions
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$792,201 raised through fundraising
Alumni of 153 Peer Educators since 2014
20 Districts in Uganda
Partner portfolio of over 40 organizations & brands
First Ever youth led implementing partner to UNFPA in uganda
Up to 20 online advocacy campaigns www.reachahand.org
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Foreword from the team leader 2016 has been a year of continued execution, growth and learning despite several opposition in our line of work. This prompted us to continually innovate and find new ways of reinventing our strategies to best reach our target audiences. Our ability to listen to the young person and what their needs are is at the core of our work and brand. With this in mind, we have continued to find comfortable ways for them to share their voice regarding what is best for them when it comes to accessing information on their Sexual Reproductive Health. As you delve deeper into this report, you’ll come across various platforms that we are constantly utilizing to ensure young people’s voices stand out in a world that is constantly evolving. This year, we continue to explore the opportunities availed to us by technology. We revamped and launched the new Sautiplus website, our go-to platform for all things young people and Sexual Reproductive Health. I hope you will check it out at www.sautiplus.org and leave us a review using our super-interactive emoji icons. As we noted in our 2016 end of year newsletter, we’re more fired up than ever to take on new opportunities. Our mantra? Do. Fail. Learn. Iterate. REPEAT. #YoungPeopleForYoungPeople Humphrey Nabimanya
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Programs Our interventions have advanced and grown over the years to include meticulous and deliberate planning, timely execution and intense tracking of our target group and how they relate to our programs.
And while we are not there yet, 2016 was a step closer to our vision to see every young person make an informed choice in his or her life. Across Uganda, our interventions extended to more rural areas throughout the year.
Kaabong
Kotido Abim
Moroto Napak
Amudat
Lira Nakapiripirit Butaleja Luwero
Mpigi
Mbarara
Nakaseke
Kampala
Wakiso
Jinja
Mukono
Kabale
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Mayuge
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FEBRUARY Love mu Kibanda community outreach 276 (112 female & 164 male), 346 HIV tests.
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OCTOBER Intergenerational Dialogue - 367 participants
SEPTEMBER I Know concerts – 26000 people reached, World Contraception Day, 5200 HIV tests
AUGUST International Youth Day – 1874 (1180 female and 694 male), 283 HIV tests
JULY World Population Day activities – 243 young people, 84 HIV tests
JUNE Better Life for Girls project launch
MAY Annual Youth Camp – 631 young people, 270 HIV tests
APRIL Share 101 - 30 journalists and bloggers
MARCH Women’s day outreach #BoysForGirls 671 (285 female & 332 male), 124 HIV tests
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DECEMBER Community outreach and Karamoja district peer educator trainings – 418
NOVEMBER Refresher peer educators’ training 30, Better Life for Girls community dialogues – 96 young people reached
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JANUARY Peer Educators’ Academy – 54 young people (33 female and 21 male)
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TOP 5 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2016 The Peer Educators’ Academy Our 3rd cohort of volunteers had 54 young people who acquired skills on youth behavioral change communication and sexual reproductive health and rights.
#PEA2016
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The Annual Youth Camp Brought together 631 young people from all over East Africa to delve into the theme; “Life in my shoes� as a way of challenging them to think and act on what contribution they can make to the world while achieving their dreams.
#LifeInMyShoes
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The Inter Generational Dialogue This thought provoking discussion fostered the involvement of a wide reaching audience of stakeholders invested in youth SRHR to share feedback on whose responsibility it is to disseminate sexuality education to young people. Some of the outcomes from the IGD include; The responsibility for teaching sexuality education lies with all of us, and it is only through joint effort involving, government, teachers, CSOs, cultural and religious institutions that we can make headway in raising a confident and responsible generation, .Parents should stop shying away from talking to their children about sexuality, because as the primary guardians of these children, how they raise them is critical to the kind of citizens they become. They should also take keener interest in their children’s holistic growth, beyond their academic performance, There is a need to empower health workers up to the lowest levels whom most of these young people go to for advice on their health issues with the right information and equip them with the right training to be able to expertly and effectively disseminate this information to the young people
#IGDUg16
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The Community Dialogues; to end child marriage and teenage pregnancy Supported by UNFPA Uganda and Communication for Development Foundation Uganda, we interfaced with various community members in the districts of Mayuge, Iganga and Butaleja in an effort to enlist the participation of stakeholders such as parents, teachers, local authorities, cultural, religious and local leaders and young people to identify and commit to measures to end child marriage and teenage pregnancies in these communities.
#BetterLife4Girls
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World Population Day Commemoration On July 11, we joined the whole world to commemorate world populations day. With support from UNFPA, we went big on the #LetGirlsBeGirls campaign with Focused Group Discussions in schools in Isingiro and flash mobs at Ku biri and Kalerwe roundabouts with a climax of a community outreach at Kobil Kawempe.
#WPD2016
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ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND REACH
The power and impact of online media and communications today is undeniable and we continue to lead the pack in online SRHR advocacy for young people. Through our online advocacy campaigns, we hit a new high in direct reach with over 3,973,121 users on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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SAUTIPLUS WEBSITE
We launched a newer and fresher SAUTIplus website for young people to access information and gain referrals to health centers where they can find services. You can visit it at www.sautiplus.org Launched in September, the page had up to 6,707 views by December 2016 with a return visitor rate of 39.9%
E - NEWSLETTER MAILING
Our e-newsletter communications were mailed to 8925 emails across the year. This subscriber list has grown by 2124 up from 6801 subscribers in 2015. Thank you for following our stories.
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PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDRAISING Our work is largely characterized by the fruition of our partnerships. We believe in mutually beneficial collaborations that thrive on respect, learning and growth for all. Our partnership portfolio has grown vastly extending to over 40 organizations, brands and companies. We participate and contribute to the HIV technical working group by Ministry of Education and Sports as well as the Adolescent Health working group by the Ministry of Health. Starting this year, we are currently the only youth led implementing partner of UNFPA Uganda, a milestone achieved as a result of the commitment, passion and creativity of the team.
$792,201 RAISED THROUGH FUNDRAISING
OUR PARTNERSHIP PORTFOLIO
DONORS
UN AGENCIES
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IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
CORPORATIONS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
ALLIANCES
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FINANCES Where does our money come from? Reach A Hand Uganda began as a grass-roots organisation funded by individual contributions in cash and in kind. We received our first grant in 2013 from Rutgers Euros. Since then, our funding (WPF) with a capacity building grant of base has grown and diversified substantially and we have brought on board over 10 donors carrying out over 12 projects across the country . We receive a lot of support in kind from the private sector for our different projects. We also greatly value our volunteers, peer educators and individual donors.
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$12.3%
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from billion shilling in 2015 to In 2016 our donor income grew by billion shillings in 2016. Income received in kind (from local partners) also this year. RAHUs' growing portfolio of restricted donor increased by contracts were a significant contribution to this growth, accounting for over of total income. We have put in place a range of mechanisms to ensure we can continue to secure more donor funding such as developing new innovative projects/campaigns and increased fundraising. In common with other charities, the donor trends have greatly affected the flow of funds to local NGOs leading to a decline in funding income.
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Funds received in UGX
To compensate for this we have expanded our fundraising to local private sector organisations. We expect to see our fundraising costs increase for a period as we explore new approaches, but we are confident that in so doing, we will transform relationships.
304,235,659 267,788,147 205,611,721 203,854,204 129,295,000 108,161,500 96,588,000
UNFPA UNFPA CORDAID (Youth (Adolescents Participation) and young people)
UNESCO
DONORS
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Segal Family Foundation (SFF)
Rutgers
Others Donors
Our work in 2016 has largely been successful because of the contributions by our funders, donors and partners as shown below.
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UNFPA (AfriYAN)
Other Donors 16%
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23%
UNFPA (Adolescents & Young People)
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Rutgers 10%
CORDAID
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UNESCO Segal Family Foundation (SFF) Fundraised income comparisons
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International Donor Income
Support Costs
Fundraising Costs
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69% Locally Fundraised Donor Income
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