Latkings Outreach Program

our projects

01.

— DREAMS Project

Funded by ViiV health care of the United Kingdom through Positive Action for Girls and Young Women (AGYWs), the project targets Adolescent girls and young women aged between 15-24 years. Its focus is aimed at reducing new HIV infections among adolescent girls and promoting behavioural change resulting into Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS free, Mentored and Safe girls.

’I AM WHAT I AM BECAUSE OF DREAMS.
THANKs TO LATKINGS OUTREACH PROGRAM’’

My Name is Tebbeh White and am 17 years old. I am a proud DREAMS girl!! I enjoy living a healthy life, to do so, I play tennis and visit the gym. I am passionate about sports because I love doing it. As my norm now is, going for my sport activities at OYDC, I was introduced to DREAMS club of Latkings Outreach Program through ViiV Health Care of the United Kingdom a year ago by my friends who are also DREAMS members. They explained to me that the group consisted of girls who discuss different issues that surround a girl child and how they can overcome them, not only do they talk but also receive basic empowerment skills to help enhance a girl child towards making positive choices, I was excited and interested because I knew that through DREAMS I had an opportunity to learn and grow. DREAMS is an abbreviation for a girl who now through mentorship is Determined, Resilient, Empowered, Aids Free, Mentored and Safe.

02.

—Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

In 2020, Latkings Outreach Program (LOP) collaborated with CSA from Kenya and SAFAIDS from Zimbabwe to implement the Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health and Right Programme with support from Hivos. This project is focusing on improving the ASRHR outcomes in the ESA region among adolescents and young people in the ESA region. In Zambia, it is anticipated that the project will demand a counter change and promote advocacy agenda around ASRHR gaps particularly enhancing integrated sexual reproductive health services through the adolescent friendly spaces.

03.

— A New and Healthier Me - a girls mentoring project

Funded by ViiV health care of the United Kingdom through positive action for girls and young women, A new and healthier me is a girls mentoring project that mentors Adolescent Girls and Young Women between the ages of 10-18 years around their self-confidence, self-esteem, personal and professional skills, aspirations as well as develop and extend their academic achievements, communication skills, positive life choices and a sense of their own personal power through conducting one-to-one (1:1) alongside group sessions.

04.

— Adolescent to Adolescent (A2A)

Despite improved and highly successful programmatic coverage with ART, significant numbers of individuals drop out of care at various points along the treatment pathway due to various reasons. Retention of people on ART and ensuring adherence to treatment are critical determinants of successful long term outcomes. Zambia being on a cascade to achieving the 95-95-95 HIV goals has a larger gap on attaining the third 95 goal with a significant gap among sub-populations including adolescents.