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FOLIT programs in action
Our Programs

How We Create Change

Our initiatives are designed to educate, empower, and provide essential resources to adolescents and young people.

Safer Campus Campaign

Creating safer, more respectful university environments for all students.

Safer Campus Campaign event

Enhance Knowledge & Capacity

To enhance knowledge and capacity of the university (students and duty bearers), to challenge and address harmful social norms that perpetuate drivers of GBV including digital violence against all women and girls at the university.

Create Enabling Environment

To create an enabling environment that promotes discussions on mutual respect, equality and consent within the university campus.

Strengthen Support Services

To strengthen the referral pathway and support services to sexual gender-based violence and gender-based violence victims on campus.

Dry and Happy Period Initiative

A comprehensive initiative dedicated to combating period poverty and fostering SRHR education in Zimbabwean schools.

Dry and Happy Period Initiative Logo
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Education

Menstrual Health and Hygiene Education

Equipping adolescents with knowledge about menstruation, hygiene practices, and product options thereby dismantling stigmas and misinformation.

Dignity Kits / Menstrual Material Supplies

Dignity Kits / Menstrual Material Supplies

Providing dignity kits and menstrual material supplies to vulnerable adolescent girls and young women.

  • Ensuring that underprivileged girls have access to the necessary resources to manage their menstruation with dignity.
  • Reduce school absenteeism and improve retention and educational outcomes for vulnerable adolescent girls.
Puberty Education

Puberty Education

We provide age-appropriate information and support to help adolescents navigate the physical and emotional changes during puberty.

  • Provide age-appropriate information about physical and emotional changes during puberty.
  • Promoting Safety and Well-being
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention: Empower adolescents and young people to identify and respond to situations of violence and abuse.

SRHR Education

Students in a FOLIT workshop

Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Education

We provide comprehensive SRHR education that is inclusive and empowering for all genders.

  • Inclusive SRHR Education (for both genders): Fostering open communication about sexual development, and responsible decision-making.
  • HIV and AIDS Prevention: Disseminate accurate information about HIV transmission, prevention methods, and access to testing and support services.
  • Encouraging Abstinence: We believe in empowering young people to make informed choices about their sexual health. Abstinence is the most effective way to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
  • Reducing Stigma: No one should feel ashamed about seeking information about sexual health or HIV prevention. We work to reduce the stigma surrounding sexual health education and encourage open dialogue.

Advocacy

Policy dialogue with Ministry of Women

Policy Dialogue on Care Systems

In partnership with OXFAM and other CSOs.

We hosted a high-level dialogue advocating for the Recognition, Reduction, and Redistribution of unpaid care work, which disproportionately affects women.