DREAMS Project

DREAMS Project

Partner

CDC

Status

current

Location

13 Districts including Lwengo

Beneficiaries

16,915 AGYW aged 15-24 years

Period

Jan 2016 – Dec 2020

Partner: CDC

Beneficiaries: 16,915 AGYW

Age Group: 15-24 years

Project Overview

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded RTY to implement a DREAMS initiative targeting 16,915 in and out of school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), aged 15-24 years. The project aims to reduce new HIV infections among AGYW in 13 districts in Uganda using a combination of behavioral change, biomedical, and structural HIV prevention interventions.

RTY implements the DREAMS project in Lwengo district, covering six subcounties: Kyazanga, Malongo, Kisekka, Kkingo, Ndagwe, and Lwengo.

Target Beneficiaries

In-school girls (15-19 years)
Pregnant women (15-24 years)
Married women (15-19 years)
Women 15-24 years who gave birth by age 19
Women 15-24 years in transactional sex

Project Objectives

Vocational Skills

Equip beneficiaries with vocational skills to promote self-employment and self-sustenance

Agribusiness

Engage beneficiaries in agribusiness to increase employability opportunities

Financial Management

Equip beneficiaries with financial management skills using the SILC model

HIV Awareness

Enable beneficiaries to know their HIV status and support those HIV+ to adhere to ART treatment

Implementation Area: Lwengo District (Kyazanga, Malongo, Kisekka, Kkingo, Ndagwe, Lwengo)

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