ROOTS is a non profit organization working towards the promotion of economic and social justice among young people in peri-urban, rural and mining communities.
The aim the project is to build resilience in adolescents, to challenge sexual and reproductive ill health including teen pregnancy, early child marriages, and to lead lives free from Sexual Gender Based Violence.
Objectives of the programme are:
1) To provide adolescents with accurate information about sexuality, sexual and reproductive health.
2) To Boost the girls’ self-confidence and self-efficacy and improve their awareness of and attitudes towards gendered social norms
3) To engage parents and communities in challenging deep structural impediments and reframe the conversations related to Sexual Reproductive Health, Child Marriages and violence against AGYW
