Khmer Youth Association

Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services for Youth in Cambodia, funded by ACTED-PSF

Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services for Youth in Cambodia

Project period: 2012 - 2014

Funded by: ACTED-PSF (The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) , Mith Samlanh, Damok Toek, WOMEN

Target group: Young people ages 15-30

Target area: Prey Veng Province , Svay Antor district

Implemented in partnership with ACTED-PSF, the project aimed to improve the sexual and reproductive health of the youth in Cambodia, in particular rural and urban vulnerable youth, with low access to sexual health services and information. In doing so, it built local actors’ capacity to ensure sustainable access to quality information and services on sexual and reproductive health for the most vulnerable youth from target areas.

The project used behavioral change approach, which involves parents and local authorities and establishes a friendly environment for youth, which allows faster results.

In one hand, it provided technical assistance to health services in the areas of intervention, focusing on the basic structures (health centers and referral hospitals) but as well on the health offices on the district level and provincial level, in order to help them to improve their service for youth, follow-up capacities and coordination.

In the other hand, the project also worked on the demand side of the health center by working on the information access and change of attitudes of youth in the community. The interventions aimed to cover all the aspects of the sexual and reproductive health (family planning, prenatal and natal care, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, support for the victims of violence…)

Activities included training of peer educators on physical development and puberty, contraception, STI and HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, drugs/alcohol and reproductive health, violence against women, methods of communication and facilitation; educational sessions (informal meetings, focus groups, domestic visits or personal counseling) organized by trained peers for youth in their communities; creation or strengthening of Community-based Youth Networks (CYNs) and youth centers, which organized projects and activities around sexual and reproductive health; workshops with local authorities, youth and their parents; and technical assistance to six health centers and in the clinic of Mith Samlanh and Damnok Toek to improve the provision of the services for the youth.

Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services for Youth in Cambodia, funded by ACTED-PSF

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