Tuesday, March 20, 2007

YADCOM outreach project


YADCOM-RHR: We are a group young people utilizing our artistic talents to effectively communicate health and rights concepts and messages. We focus on the young people's rights to access information, education, contraception and reproductive health services. We are registered as a non-profit organization and consists of 4 staff members working on voluntary basis. We reach out to the youth in disadvantaged communities and identified issues of young people's reproductive health such as lack of knowledge on the human reproductive system, information and access to contraceptives; teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. We aim to strengthen our organization to become an effective voice and advocate for the youth in the field of reproductive health.
YADCOM-RHR projects:
-representing the Youth in various seminars and meetings on reproductive health and contraception.
-Anti-AIDS comics.
-Emergency Contraceptive brochure
-Lay-outing and printing of updated Clinicians Guide on Emergency Contraceptives.
-Lecture on teen-age pregnancy.
-Mother's class for teen-age moms.
-Art workshop for children in disadvantaged communities.
-YADCOM-RHR Website.

for more info, log on to: www.it1.com/yadcom
email: yadcomrh@yahoo.com

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