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Published 1/11/2010 | Updated 2/10/2011

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Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) is an organisation that, together with RFSU, plans to strengthen and develop its capacity and its local partners working with SRHR. By making their services more youth friendly and by introducing a gender perspective into their clinical work the quality of their work will be improved. RHU also plans to continue to work with “Rise up”, a rights based project that strives to reduce sexual and gender related violence, including female genital mutilation, in the districts of Apac and Kapchorwa.

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I have observed the activities that RHU has done in Uganda and i would like to say that I appreciate it very much. They have extended sexual reproductive health to the venerable youth in many parts of the country and more young women and men have come up to confess it. Its not easy being a youth in Uganda especially if you stay in the village, you are not or less educated, an orphan, stay in slams, have a low paying job. But RHU has come up to make the youth more comfortable in matters related to their SRHR and concerns, Keep it up. We are watching

Said: Taremwa Willy 4/29/2010 4:47:05 PM

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