Improving the lives of children and youth
The third edition of FutureLife-Now! is out now! Click here to read it and email bashni@miet.co.za to subscribe to this quarterly newsletter designed to share information, good practices and lessons learnt related to the education, health and development of young people in the SADC Region.
Join us on Thursday for the next in our series of webinars on SRHR issues in the time of COVID-19. Hear from youths, educators and community leaders from Malawi on their lived realities and how they are coping during and post school COVID-19 lockdowns.
To register, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/87144679013?pwd=VEpnK2hnc3d1MEMzUGxNUlBpcVhiUT09
Passcode: 756386
A Cooperation partner of MIET AFRICA wishes to engage the services of an audit firm. The audit will be carried out in accordance with international audit standards issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, by an external, independent and qualified auditor. In addition to auditing the financial report, the assignment also includes an assessment in accordance with a special agreement described further in the Terms of Reference. All quotations must be received no later than 15 January 2020. See attached for the Terms of Reference for further details.
As we reflect on a very difficult year, we wish to take this opportunity to thank our funders, partners and friends for your continued and consistent support.
Despite all the challenges that 2020 brought, MIET AFRICA delivered on its mandate. Our commitment never wavered, and as we approach a new year, we will never give up on our goal of improving the lives of children and youth. We could never have done this without your valued assistance. Thank you.
We look forward to continuing our work together in 2021!
According to UNAIDS, every week, around 5500 young women aged 15–24 years become infected with HIV, and when girls complete secondary school, their risk of getting HIV is reduced by 50%. MIET AFRICA, through its Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Programme, this year has tested over 28 000 AGYW and has linked over 80% of those who tested, to care and support.
HIV treatment has averted around 12.1 million AIDS-related deaths since 2010 (UNAIDS, 2020). MIET AFRICA as the implementing partner in the AGYW Programme, and offers support services such as mobile testing trucks, access to counselors and nurses in three provinces in South Africa. But not everyone who needs treatment has access to it and hundreds of thousands of people are still dying.
This year’s World Aids Day theme is “Global solidarity, shared responsibility”. The world’s attention this year has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic which shows,
The second edition of the FutureLife-Now! newsletter, sharing news related to the education, health and development of young people in the SADC Region is out now! Read it here, share it and subscribe to receive the next edition straight into your inbox. To subscribe to the quarterly newsletter, email bashni@miet.co.za
MIET AFRICA is conducting a research study that investigates the impact of COVID-19 on young people in the SADC and East Africa regions. As part of the study dissemination package, MIET AFRICA seeks the services of a reputable and experienced full-service video production company to produce a video that captures the impact of COVID-19 on young people, highlighting real life stories and experiences. In this way, the study findings will be made more accessible and interesting.
The video must tell the stories of the study participants, reflecting how COVID-19 has impacted their lives. Proposed countries to be included in the video include Malawi, Zambia, and Namibia; however, this is still to be finalized. Planning would need to commence in December 2020, with filming taking place in January 2021. The deadline for completion is 28 February 2021. Click here for the full ToR.
More than 100 adolescent girls and young women attended the recent launch of the #SAYIT campaign. This initiative encourages young women to speak out on issues affecting their day-to-day lived realities to ensure that they influence and affect policies, programmes and support targeting them.
The launch, held in the Nelson Bay Metro on 7 November under the theme, ‘Acknowledge, Access, Stay Alive’ provided an opportunity for youth to engage with healthcare workers, peer trainers and educators, and programme staff. Group discussions were held on various topics such as gender-based violence, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, HIV/Aids, STIs and PrEP. Access to screening and testing was also offered.
The #SAYIT campaign forms part of the Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Programme, an age-appropriate combination prevention programme for AGYWs aged 15-24 years, who are both in and out of school. At the same time,
MIET AFRICA requires a service provider to design, curate, evolve and support the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) online ecosystem.
CSTL is an innovative approach that responds to the millions of children and youth in the region whose right to education is compromised by a host of barriers to quality teaching and learning.
The SADC CSTL Policy Framework provides ministries of education with guidance in strengthening their systems so that schools are able to serve as sites of integrated support where quality education is secured and child and youth-friendly services are provided in support of health, gender, migration, food security and other challenges. The ecosystem will focus on stakeholder engagement and learning as well as knowledge management and sharing, in ways that accelerate the impact of the CSTL mandate.
The design of the online ecosystem will be developed following a strategy session where the initial blueprint of the ecosystem is determined,
MIET AFRICA and SAfAIDS will host an online community discussion on Thursday, 29 October. Hear from learners, educators and local traditional, religious and political leaders about catalysing localised community action in reducing sexual and reproductive health risks and vulnerabilities among adolescent girls and young women in schools, during and post COVID-19. This is the first webinar in this series, starting in Zambia but it is open to all, even outside of Zambia. Click here to register your attendance and here to view the flyer.
