SAT Zambia

25/06/2026

What happens when young people know a service exists, trust it, and feel welcome to use it? Lives begin to change. In Lusaka, youth-friendly spaces that once sat quietly within health facilities are now vibrant hubs of learning, connection, and support for adolescents. Through community outreach, stronger partnerships between youth volunteers and health workers, and innovative use of social media, more young people are accessing s*xual and reproductive health information and services than ever before.

For peer educators like Larry Mudenda and young advocates like Nelly Mtendere, the transformation has been about more than increased attendance, it has been about reaching young people who were previously left behind, building confidence, creating opportunities, and ensuring that adolescents have the knowledge and support they need to make informed decisions about their health and future. Their story demonstrates how investing in youth-friendly services can turn silent spaces into thriving centres of empowerment, connection, and hope.

Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/v59dc69v

23/06/2026

A single voice on the radio can reach thousands of people, but when that voice is equipped with accurate information, it can change lives. In Zambia, presenters like Doris Zulu and Harrison Mbewe are using the power of the airwaves to break down myths, answer difficult questions, and connect communities with vital s*xual and reproductive health information. For many listeners, these radio programmes are more than just broadcasts, they are trusted spaces where young people and adults can access knowledge that empowers them to make informed decisions about their health and future. By strengthening the capacity of media champions with evidence-based SRHR information, SAT Zambia is helping ensure that reliable knowledge reaches far beyond health facilities and into homes, schools, and communities. Their stories remind us that when communities are informed, they are empowered—and when voices are amplified, change can travel far beyond the microphone.

Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/yv7fckcr

18/06/2026

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐕 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬?

In this Youth Month episode of HIV Prevention in Action, SAT Regional Youth & Policy Officer Levi Singh joins Cwayita Jemsana from Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS - APHA to explore youth leadership, advocacy, and the vital role young people play in shaping HIV prevention efforts, influencing policy discussions, and driving change in their communities and beyond. 🌍

Click here to watch the full interview: https://tinyurl.com/mr9vx54n

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16/06/2026

Today we also honour the Day of the African Child

A day that reminds us that every child has the right to be heard, protected, educated, and supported to reach their full potential.

Across the continent, children continue to face barriers in education, safety, healthcare, and access to opportunities, but their voices remain powerful, resilient, and necessary in shaping better systems for the future ✊🏾

This day calls on all of us to move beyond intention and strengthen the systems that protect children’s rights, ensuring participation, accountability, and real action where it matters most.

At YouthWyze, we believe that when children are heard and supported early, they grow into empowered young people who can thrive in every space they enter 💡

By protecting children today, we are building Africa’s future tomorrow!

03/06/2026

Why do s*x workers need a day of solidarity? Across the world and in our region in East and Southern Africa, s*x workers continue to face violence, including s*xual violence, stigma, discrimination, extortion and barriers to healthcare.

Criminalisation often pushes people further away from essential HIV, s*xual and reproductive health, and legal services.

International S*x Workers' Day is a reminder that development, health, gender equality, and human rights cannot be achieved while any group is denied dignity, safety, justice, and a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Justice must be for everyone in Africa – without discrimination of any kind.

SAT stands in solidarity with s*x workers everywhere. We call on governments, policymakers and stakeholders across Africa to accelerate rights-based reforms that put dignity, health, safety and justice first.

*xWorkersDay *xWokers *xWorkers

25/05/2026

Happy Africa Day! 🌍

Across Africa, too many young people, especially girls and young women, still face barriers to safe sanitation, menstrual health management, and clean water access, affecting their wellbeing, safety, and opportunities. Achieving Agenda 2063 means building an Africa where every young person can grow up healthy, informed, safe, and empowered to shape their future.

This year, as we commemorate Africa Day under the African Union theme, “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” we are reminded that access to clean water and safe sanitation is deeply connected to dignity, health, education, and s*xual and reproductive health rights.

Sustainable development is not only about infrastructure, it is also about people, equity, and ensuring no young person is left behind. 💧✊🏾

15/05/2026

Today’s the day!

Don’t miss out!🌍 Young leaders from across Africa are coming together this afternoon for a powerful conversation on S*xual and Reproductive Health and the future of Africa’s youth.

From lived experiences to practical solutions, the webinar will explore how investing in young people’s health, rights, and wellbeing is key to unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend.

Hosted by AUDA NEPAD, the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), and the Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), this is your chance to hear directly from youth voices driving change across the continent.

🗓️ Today — 15 May 2026
⏰ 14h30 SAST
Don’t miss out. Register here 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

14/05/2026

What does Africa’s future look like when young people have access to the information, healthcare and opportunities they need to thrive? 🌍

This Friday, join an important conversation on the role of S*xual and Reproductive Health in unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend and building stronger, healthier communities.

Hosted by AUDA NEPAD, the Pan African Youth Union (PYU) and the Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), the webinar will bring together youth voices from across the continent to discuss the realities young people face and the action needed to create meaningful change.

This is more than a webinar. It’s a conversation about leadership, opportunity, health, and the future of Africa.

📆 15 May 2026
⏰ 14h30 SAST

Register here 👉 https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

13/05/2026

Join us for a live webinar on 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 (𝐒𝐑𝐇), hosted by AUDA NEPAD, Pan African Youth Union (PYU) and Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF).

Catch SAT Regional Policy Officer Levi Singh and former SAT Youth Officer and now Chairperson Of The Botswana Youth Council, Millicent Sethaile, as part of a dynamic youth panel that will be sharing real stories, real challenges, and real solutions.

To register, click this link👉 https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

📆Date: 15 May 2026
⏰Time: 2.30pm

On Friday 15 May 2026 at 14h30 SAST, young leaders from across Africa are coming together for a live webinar on S*xual and Reproductive Health and what it means for Africa's future.

Africa has the youngest population in the world. That's an incredible opportunity. But that opportunity only becomes real when young people are healthy, informed, and empowered to make choices about their own lives and bodies.

Youth leaders from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Djibouti, Malawi and Ethiopia will be sharing real stories, real challenges, and real solutions. Not policy jargon, but lived experience.

This is your invitation to listen, learn, and join the conversation.
Register here 👉 https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q6cjR-A7THOdJCMxV_BSQA

Hosted by AUDA-NEPAD, the Pan African Youth Union, and SAYoF.

12/05/2026

𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭.

We saw adolescents generalised under reproductive health, we advocated for and won a dedicated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) section. In the process, we packaged and injected solid evidence on adolescent SRHR, and won concrete proposals that include expansion of adolescent-friendly spaces, community health worker training to reach hard-to-reach populations, and social and behavioural change communication specifically targeting young people.

SAT advocacy also strengthened language on gender-responsive programming and gender-responsive planning and budgeting – now both named as concrete policy commitments.

The strengthened policy commitments have the potential to improve health outcomes for more than 3.5 million adolescents across Zambia by expanding access to safer and more responsive health services, improving referrals and support systems, strengthening gender-responsive care, and increasing the availability of adolescent-friendly health spaces and trained health workers.

Strong adolescent health systems are essential for stronger communities, gender equality, and Zambia’s long-term development.