 Every year, 2,000 youth and children are equipped with sexual and reproductive health information and skills for making informed choices and decisions for preventing STDs/ HIV infection.- Established the All Star Sports Academy (ASSA) and Treasure Life Youth Centre (TLYC) through which young people from the slums of Kampala positively interact with others, develop a positive self-image, personal leadership, self-control and discipline and cultivate self-confidence
- Access information on health matters, testing for HIV and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Since 2004, 401 young people have tested for HIV (307 girls and 94 boys). Of these, 85 (56 females, 29 males) tested sero-positive to HIV and are now accessing care and support. Another 87 young people (59 girls, 28 boys) have been screened and treated for STDs.
- participate in sports and recreation activities thus using their leisure time positively as opposed to engaging in risky behaviour such as casual sex , abuse of alcohol and drugs, which increases their vulnerability to HIV and mental illness
- Develop their sporting skills and talents in music, dance, poetry and drama. Through this some youth have started earning income while others have accessed sports related scholarships. By August 2007, 90 young people (24 girls, 66 boys) had accessed education scholarship in 3 primary, 19 secondary and 4 vocational skills training schools. All these children are from poor and AIDS affected households and these scholarships signify a new lease of life and a key to a brighter future.
- Be equipped with motivation and personal development skills (MPDS), which increase their ability to resist peer and social pressure, develop sustainable strategies for pursuing personal dreams and ambitions, and desist from risk behaviours that increases their vulnerability to HIV infection. Since 2000, 1674 young people (787 girls, 887 boys) have been equipped with MPDS which they are applying in making decision and choices to save them and their peers from HIV. Related to this, 803 guardians and parents (609 female, 194 males) of young people participating in ASSA and TLYC activities have been equipped with positive parenting skills. This has increased female participation in youth HIV prevention programs, improved parent/guardian communication about sexual and reproductive health matters, strengthened parental involvement in and support for what their children are doing.
- Actively participate in the treasure life clubs (TLCs) that support the positive choices and decisions that they make after participating in the MPDS workshops. Presently there are 13 clubs with a membership of 650 young people that are supporting each other to abstain from sex until marriage, commit to secondary abstinence and remain mutually faithful for those in marriage.
- Drawing on the strong appeal of sports, KCCC has successfully used it to promote male involvement in HIV prevention, care and other health promotion interventions. Every year, through the All Stars Sports Academy and the community football tournaments, KCCC sensitizes communities (especially the men) that participate in these activities about HIV, mental health and their role in promoting family health. This strategy is proving to be not only a vehicle for promoting health but a means of conflict mitigation and a source of community cohesion. For young people sports has improved their self-image, self-confidence, self-discipline and control as well as their personal leadership, commitment and focus on dreams and aspirations
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