The Adara Youth Community Centre (AYCC) provides support to adolescents through sexual and reproductive health education and services. These can include family planning, counselling, life skills training, antenatal care services, and connection with health services. It also provides community outreach, working closely with schools, parents and local leaders. These services are available to young people aged 10 to 24.
We believe that supporting young people – especially girls – to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health is critical to ensuring they access education, economic opportunities and financial independence, now and in the future.
That’s why the AYCC’s motto is “An informed youth, a transformed generation”. It reflects our goal of providing adolescents with the support they need to lead happy and healthy lives.
How the Adara Youth Community Centre (AYCC) works
Service focus areas
As a nonprofit organisation focused on community outreach programmes for youth, we support young people with the services they need to lead happy and healthy lives. That’s why the AYCC’s motto is “An informed youth, a transformed generation.”
- General counselling and guidance
- HIV/AIDS counselling and testing
- Antenatal and postnatal care, including group care
- Hepatitis B screening and vaccination
- Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
- Post abortion care and counselling
- Youth friendly services
- Community empowerment
- Life skills and recreational activities
Meet Sarah: Support to lead a happy, healthy life
When Sarah was 17 years old, life as she knew it came to a halt. COVID-19 entered the world, plunging communities into lockdowns and closing schools’ doors. Like many other young people during this time, Sarah fell pregnant.
Fortunately, she learnt about the Adara Youth Community Centre during her pregnancy. There, she received counselling and antenatal care.
Today Sarah has a healthy baby and has even returned to school. Her dream? To become a doctor.
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