Youth in Uganda face interconnected challenge ranging from limited livelihood opportunities, inadequate access to health and water and sanitation services. To truly address these realities, TeamUp Uganda, implemented by Action for Health Uganda (A4HU), Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS), and Whave Solutions, is doing things differently.
Rather than working in isolation, these three organizations are combining their expertise in agriculture, water, and health to deliver integrated cross-sector, youth-focused solutions that are already transforming lives.
When youth are healthy, they are more productive. When water is reliable, agriculture becomes sustainable. And when young people have access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, they’re empowered to make informed life and livelihood choices. That’s the core of TeamUp’s approach that is tackling youth development holistically.
For example, young farmers learn how to implement climate-smart agriculture while also participating in SRHR workshops. These sessions explore how climate change can affect reproductive health and how family planning can help manage natural and household resources more effectively.
At the macro level, TeamUp is now supporting replication and policy integration strategies to scale this model across new geographies. This involves:
Stakeholders across sectors including government, NGOs, and the private sector have praised the model for its effectiveness and sustainability. Many are now advocating for its replication in other regions of Uganda and beyond.
The program’s structured replication strategy ensures that this model doesn’t remain a one-off success, but rather becomes part of national development systems with long-term investment and policy support.