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Sensitizing secondary school students on sexual reproductive health rights and gender-based violence

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Targeted HIV testing and prevention demand creation among youth in a village market day

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Is one sexual partner enough? A debate session held at a university in Shinyanga region, Tanzania. Participatory approach of HIV services demand creation.

❓ About us

Hatua kwa Hatua translates to Step by step. We are a Youth led registered organization under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act, 2002 to operate in Tanzania, Eastern Africa.

Our core objective is to empower women and youth to overcome health and socioeconomic challenges through transformative programs that promote health equity, economic independence, and social empowerment.

🔭 Our Vision

To build healthier and economically empowered communities without compromising the rights of women and youth.

🌍 Our Mission

To empower and inspire women and youth to become leaders of transformative changes in their communities through impactful communication strategies and social behavior change interventions that promote health equity and create opportunities for economic independence and social empowerment.

📌 Strategic Objectives

To improve the health and well-being of women and youth through targeted interventions that promote access to quality healthcare, healthy lifestyles, and health education.
To enhance the livelihoods of women and youth by providing opportunities for economic empowerment, skills development, and financial independence.
To advocate for climate change adaptation and resilience, focusing on empowering women and youth to address the impacts of climate change and build sustainable futures.

🛠 Our approaches

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Community Focus: We work through community engagement via outreaches that are peer-led and group-based. This ensures ownership and sustainability of our programs, embracing human-centered design.

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Capacity Strengthening: Rather than providing quick fixes, we focus on strengthening capacity and resilience over time, empowering communities to stand on their own in the future.

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Personalized digital and social media engagement: We innovate digital solutions and social media channels in a manner that is context-specific, ensures inclusivity, and accessibility to expand the reach and scalability of our interventions tailored to impact the intended audience.

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Participatory Research and Data for Impact: We use participatory research to ensure women and youth actively shape the design, implementation, and evaluation of our interventions. This bottom-up approach generates evidence of impact while fostering ownership and empowerment, ensuring interventions are relevant, sustainable, and aligned with community needs.

🤝 Our Team

We have a dedicated and talented team of professionals from various backgrounds ranging from natural and biological sciences to social sciences. Our recruitment is merit-based.