1. COMMUNITY HEALTH THEMATIC AREA

(a) Advancing Sexual Reproductive Health in West Nile and Acholi Sub Regions”

Overview

On the 11^th/May/2021, Zombo Rural Development Association (ZORUDENA) received an Invitation to the UFPC (AFP Smart) Advocacy Skills

Uganda Family Planning Consortium (UFPC) is one of the sub grantees to support Maristoppes Uganda to implement components of the UNFPA Netherlands supported Project: Advancing Sexual Reproductive Health in West Nile and Acholi Sub Regions.

The Uganda Family Planning Consortium ( UFPC ) therefore invites you for the (AFP SMART) family Planning Advocacy Skills Training workshop for SRHR implementing civil society members and Partners that will be held on 17^th may 2021 to 19^th May 2021 at Tripplex Hotel Arua.

The objectives of the workshop were to:

(i)      Introduce the AFP SMART Advocacy approach to partners

(ii)     Partners understand AFP SMART and how to apply it in developing advocacy strategies

(iii)    Partners develop advocacy strategies that their respective organizations can pursue.

The Goal was to:

Reduce the Un-met need for Family Planning by 10% by 2025

Activity overview:

With support from Uganda Family Planning Consortium (UFPC)/ UNFPA through a 3 days training of our 2 staff in Arua from 17^th-19^th May 2021, on the Advance Family Planning (AFP) SMART diffusion Approach, aiming to “Reduce the Un-met Needs of Family Planning by 10%”.

At the training in Arua

By the end of the training, Zombo Rural Development Network Association (ZORUDENA) together with Life Concern (LICO) developed an Advocacy Strategy for Zombo district. By December 2021, Zombo district Chief Administrative Officer issued a circular directing In-charges of all public Health Centers III and IV to dedicate at least one day in a month for the provision of Adolescent and Youth friendly services.