Technology to Enhance Access to Education & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - Zambia

With a $50,000 grant from 60 million girls, Young, Happy, Healthy and Safe (YHHS) will reach 2,000 children and youth with information on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, pay school fees for 100 girls, produce sanitary pads for 150 girls, provide 150 students with school supplies, train peer educators and form girl networks, oversee income-generating initiatives for young women, and work with local leaders and government services to ensure the registration of girls in school. YHHS has also identified the important need for new technology to improve access to quality education for girls in remote rural communities. A Mobile Learning Lab (MLL) will integrate seamlessly and beautifully into this panoply of care. In an area where electricity is erratic and Internet access is not dependable, and where many girls are behind on their education, the MLL will help students, teachers and families ensure dependable access to critical information about the curriculum, training modules, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, income generation and community activism. More importantly, it will lead to student-led and -initiated learning.