The difference we make
The Nehemiah Project in Zimbabwe has launched an online programme for young people called ‘The Youth Momentum Online Forum’ - a brilliant way of continuing to provide relationships and sex education in the midst of ongoing government restrictions and lockdowns due to COVID-19.
The programme also aims to build resilience by capacity...
Despite the challenges of lockdown, the training side of our work has flourished - partly because we have been able to provide our courses online.
Over the past academic year, 81 educators have participated in our accredited training courses, with 38 of those attending online, and 63 opting to do the level 4...
The Mother Buddy scheme run by ACET Uganda involves women, who are living with HIV, providing support for pregnant women.
The Mother Buddies help the women access antenatal care services, and, using mobile phone apps, educate them on how to improve their own health as well as their babies’, including how to prevent...
ACET Belarus delivered 21 parent workshops on relationships and health topics during the first six months of the 2019-2020 academic year, reaching 712 parents and carers.
"I loved this event! I used to attend lectures on drug use prevention, but the information was always provided in a repetitive and boring way. Here, parents had a...
Early this year, ACET Nigeria trained 24 parents as peer educators to improve parent-child communication skills through their Better Parenting course.
This engaging course provides parents with the skills for positive parenting and to teach other parents to support and encourage their children in...
Despite the barriers of COVID19 restrictions, ACET DRC have been able to innovate and pivot their programmes to ensure that they still reach as many young people as possible.
5,616 young people participated in interactive life skills and sexual and reproductive health lessons led by trained ACET...
This year has proved challenging for the Shining Star Project. COVID19 reached Zimbabwe in March 2020 and the government imposed a national lockdown. However, the work of the Shining Star Project is more important than ever during this disruptive time as more girls and young women are turning to sex work to survive.
In the first 6 months...
We are so grateful to all of you who donated this year! Coupled with emergency funding due to COVID19 and some generous grants, acet UK has been able to reach even more young people in this academic year than we did last year, despite the challenges of lockdown and school closures!
2,365 young people in...