UBANI TRUST APPROACH
1.School mentorship programs:
Through our school mentorship programs, we work in partnership with the schools within the informal settlements. Our life skills curriculum focuses on equipping the teenage girls with life coping skills, Goal Setting and Leadership Development.
2. Scholarship programs:
Through our interactions with the community, identify needy teenage girls a
nd support them through school. Unlike most scholarship programs which are merit based, we acknowledge the effects of trauma in the lives of the girls we work with and avail scholarship opportunities to all who desire to study and pursue professional careers.
3. Trauma informed integrated care to the teenagers:
As we work within the informal settlements, we have been made aware of the need for trauma care as many girls have been victims of traumatic experiences. Domestic violence and r**e in the homes is so rampant and the trauma affects the psychosocial development of these girls and predisposes them to the risk of being exploited.
4. Economic empowerment of teenage mums and children who head households:
Poverty and r**e have contributed to the high rate of teenage pregnancies as most of the girls are sexually exploited by their families through prostitution in order to contribute to the family income. Through our economic empowerment programs, the teenage mothers and teenage girls who head their household will find healthier and non exploitative ways of earning a decent living income while they learn vocational skills that will help them be financially independent financially in the long run.
