Amref Health Africa Partners with Youth Network for Sustainable Development and Hiwot Ethiopia to Empower Youth
Amref Health Africa partnering with Youth Network for Sustainable Development and Hiwot Ethiopia launched a youth targeted project that empowers young people to advocate for inclusive decision-making and gender equality. In alignment with Ethiopian government priorities, the project will ensure …
Amref Facilitates Active Listening and Co-Creation Workshop for USAID’s Integrated Youth Activity
“With a national median age of 18, Ethiopia’s most valuable resource is her youth. This calls for the absolute need to create more platforms of youth empowerment, capacity development, and meaningful civic engagement. I disagree with the norm that young …
‘This I Believe’ By Yohanna Alemayehu
By Yohanna Alemayehu Hailu, AYAG member
I believe privilege blocks your vision to witness what is on the other side of your reality. But, experiences do wipe those blurry visions and expose you to new realities. I used to get …
AYAG Actively Engaged in ASURE – Youth Focused Project Implementation in SNNPR, Ethiopia
Amref Youth Advisory Group (AYAG) representatives are actively engaged in Amref programme design, planning, and implementation. In early 2019, they traveled to Arbaminch in Ethiopia’s Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), one of the implementation sites for the Access, …
AYAG Leaders Engage in Community Outreach to Fight COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence
In response to COVID-19 in Ethiopia, the Amref Youth Advisory Group (AYAG) mobilized to launch a community outreach initiative to increase the awareness of communities on COVID-19, and promote prevention through behavior change informed by risk communication and community engagement.…
AYAG Delegates Engagement and Contribution in the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC)
The 2019 Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) Youth Pre-Conference held in Kigali had a poignant theme: “Nothing About Us, Without Us.” This was a clear message demanding the meaningful engagement and participation in decision-making of youth, globally, in all …