YOUTH & ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Youth & Adolescent Health
Empowering adolescents and young people to lead healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives.
OVERVIEW
Our Commitment
FAWS is dedicated to empowering adolescents and young people to lead healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives by addressing the unique challenges that affect their health, wellbeing, and future opportunities. Recognising that young people are key drivers of social change, the organisation invests in their knowledge, skills, leadership, and meaningful participation in development.
Through the Youth and Adolescent Health programme, FAWS delivers comprehensive, youth-friendly interventions — access to accurate health information, adolescent SRH services, HIV prevention and treatment support, mental health and psychosocial services, and life-skills education — while strengthening youth leadership, mentorship, and advocacy.
WHAT WE DO
Our Focus
Youth-Friendly SRH & Information
Access to accurate health information and adolescent sexual and reproductive health services delivered in youth-friendly ways.
HIV Prevention & Treatment Support
HIV prevention, treatment, and care support tailored to the needs of adolescents and young people.
Mental Health & Life Skills
Mental health and psychosocial services together with life-skills education that build resilience and healthy choices.
Youth Leadership & Mentorship
Strengthening youth leadership, mentorship, and advocacy so young people become informed decision-makers in their communities.
OUR IMPACT
Using peer-led approaches, digital innovations, and community-based platforms, FAWS creates safe, inclusive spaces where young people can access services, share experiences, build resilience, and develop their potential — contributing to healthier generations, stronger communities, and sustainable social development.