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NAAIA LGA Toolbox Proposed solution to improve LGA-AGYW engagement
Executive summary This document aims to share solutions from the Create phase of the Core project work in Tanzania*. The solutions were informed by an extensive landscape analysis and design research phase on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in rural Tanzania within Mbeya, Njombe and Shinyanga districts. Findings from those phases can be accessed here. Together with a wide group of local stakeholders and girls in Kyela, Mbeya we co-designed an integrated modular toolbox that can serve as an overall feedback loop between adolescents girls and young women’s (AGYW) needs and Local Government Authority (LGA) policies and implementation. This iterative programming approach offers a holistic and coordinated way to assist LGA members in implementing the National Accelerated Action and Investment Agenda (NAAIA) for adolescents. It offers a pathway to address the 6 pillars of the NAAIA by focusing on underlying socio-economic and cultural factors that limit ability of adolescents to take actions for their own health. The solutions have been co-designed, prototyped and tested with adolescent girls using qualitative, design methods with the support of PORALG, KIWOHEDE and CSK Research Solutions. We currently seek to pilot the NAAIA integrated implementation toolbox as part of the NAAIA rollout. The toolbox was designed to be modular so that it can be adapted for or integrated into existing programmes or individually implemented as stand-alone solutions. The toolbox and solutions within it can be adapted to any district through small-scale testing and piloting activities. *See annex for more detail
Objectives
Create solutions for addressing
AGYW needs
AGYW
Support rollout of National Create solutions for greater
Accelerated Action & Investment engagement of Local
Agenda for Adolescent Health and NAAIA LGA Government Authorities (LGA)
with AGYWs
Wellbeing (NAAIA) through
practical approaches
AGYW
Goals related to AGYW needs NAAIA LGA
● AGYWs need and seek inspiration and guidance to envision new possibilities and realise their own
potential
○ Many AGYW lack direction because of low awareness of different life opportunities and ways to realize
them.
● AGYWs need easy access to trusted channels for voicing their needs
○ Currently many of them mention the Village Executive Officer or Village Chairman as their main go-to
among LGAs, but at the same time find it hard to approach them.
● Accountability for responding to AGYWs needs should be clarified
○ AGYW often do not approach LGAs with their concerns as they feel LGAs lack understanding of their needs
and voicing concerns rarely results in visible actions.
Goals related to LGA
AGYW
engagement NAAIA LGA
● LGAs need more support and approaches to work with youth groups
○ Currently, there’s little incentive or mechanisms for LGAs to work with AGYW. They often find themselves
unequipped to deal with AGYW challenges due to lack of understanding of AGYW needs.
● There should be clearer roles between actors
○ Accountability for adolescent programming is dispersed creating gaps in implementation. There is an
expectation that others are taking the lead and thus no one actor or unit feels responsible.
● Alignment and collaboration between actors could be optimized
○ There are existing programs for addressing AGYW needs and actors, such as youth clubs and LGA
representatives, working with AGYWs, but there’s little coordination to leverage and link the efforts.
● Robust mechanism are needed to identify girls who need support and refer them to preventative
interventions
○ Many AGYW challenges remain undetected, resulting in negative outcomes that require mitigation rather
than preventing negative events from happening.
AGYW
Responding to the NAAIA NAAIA LGA
● Approaches to address socio-economic and cultural factors across the pillars are needed
○ The NAAIA identifies 6 pillars and suggests comprehensive interventions for each. However, they are
specific to pillars and few are designed to address underlying socio-economic and cultural factors that limit
ability of AGYWs to take actions for their own health.
● Addressing AGYW needs in an efficient and holistic way requires alignment and coordination across
actors and programs
○ There are some solutions already being implemented, but at the moment the landscape is fragmented and
at the LGA level, there are too few efforts to bring programs together using a more comprehensive
approach. Some areas are saturated with AGYW programs, while others have little. Most are operating
outside the government system, limited AGYW-specific government programs; health facilities and schools
are not fully able to address AGYWs needs; missing connections to the services that do exist.
● More quality data on AGYW concerns and life experiences are needed for policy making
○ Limited and unreliable data on AGYWs needs and experiences for national and local policy makers and
program managers hinders alignment of efforts.
The solution: NAAIA LGA Toolbox
Proposed solution: NAAIA LGA Toolbox
Who is it for Why is it needed How it works
AGYW ages 14-18 years old, out of Stand-alone solutions are not enough The toolbox solutions can be
school. to address the complexity of AGYW implemented as a whole or used in a
challenges. modular manner based on the identified
LGA officials at district, ward and needs of the district and existing
village levels who need tools for efficient A mechanism of continuous engagement programs, platforms and resources
youth engagement and support. is needed to systematically assess locally available to LGAs.
AGYWs needs and coordinate
District Executive Directors who need programs to provide a combination of The toolbox is designed to be easily
implementation structures for aligning support services tailored to answer implemented and adapted to different
ward/village level programs. individual needs. contexts. It leverages existing
resources by providing tools and
Youth clubs and frontline workers structure for efficient collaboration and
working with AGYW looking for engagement.
meaningful ways of engagement with
AGYW and support in addressing their
needs.
Value proposition
● Accessible and trusted channel for
voicing needs
● Easy-to-access pathways for
addressing challenges
● Improved engagement in society and
AGYW with authorities
● Strengthen foundational
resilience of girls and boys
vis-a-vis transitions enabling
them to take the specific actions ● Efficient low-cost tools for AGYW
related to the six pillars engagement
● Mechanism for AGYW NAAIA* LGA ● Better alignment of local AGYW efforts
engagement ● Easy-to-access data about AGYW
● National data captures AGYW needs
needs ● Improved status and trust of LGA with
AGYW
● More holistic responses to AGYW needs
*National Accelerated Action & Investment Agenda for Adolescent Health & Wellbeing 2019 – 2022
NAAIA LGA Toolbox working mechanism
Suggested mechanism for LGA member (TBD) to address the needs of AGYWs in a holistic and continuous manner
1. Identify & Refer 2. Listen, Advice & Refer 3. Inspire & Equip
Guiding Star Group
Provide AGYWs with role
Continuous engagement models and mentors to
feedback loop support them in setting
goals and reaching them
Girls’ Business
Accelerator
Offer AGYWs
entrepreneurship training,
networking opportunities,
Targeting Tool Speakeasy service Gamified Counselling peer support and linkages
Offers LGAs a tool for efficient Direct engagement tool Offer people working with to financing opportunities
identification of AGYWs in need between LGAs, youth reps AGYWs an engaging tool to
of support and referring them to and AGYWs provide counselling
corresponding support services
Referrals to other relevant
Referrals to other relevant
support services
support services
according to need
according to needSuggested Toolbox implementation process for LGAs
LGAs can use the toolbox in a modular manner to suit their needs and existing interventions
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Mapping existing Identifying interventions Identifying gaps and Selecting from
services and that fulfill key needs and needs for additional suggestions within the
resources identifying need for service components toolbox, or seeking
adaptations partnerships
● Identifying existing services ● Together with AGYWs ● Identifying gaps among the ● Picking tools that are most
and interventions that serve evaluating the relevance of existing interventions needed at current stage
AGYWs needs locally existing interventions in based on the analysis from
addressing their key needs ● Clarifying the needs that Step 2 and Step 3
● Developing a localized aren't covered by existing
referral map ● Identifying the potential interventions ● Partnering with existing
improvements or adaptations of programs that have similar
● Mapping available resources existing interventions to better interest in implementing
for implementation serve AGYWs needs selected tools
● Meeting with AGYW groups ● Coordinating existing programs
to discuss their needs work toward AGYWs needs
regarding the proposed
mechanism
As each LGA is differently enabled, any of the steps can serve as a starting pointIntroducing Service
Journey map
On the following pages we use Service Journey maps to illustrate how the toolbox might work. The maps visualize an
AGYW’s journey through the service by a storyboard of a Tanzanian adolescent called Rose. The rows below show the
relationships between different service components and roles of stakeholders involved in each step of the journey.
The maps are divided into 3 phases:
1. Awareness – this is when Rose becomes aware of
the service
2. Expression of needs – when Rose uses the service
to express her needs
3. Response to needs – When Rose’s needs are
understood and addressed
Both maps follow the steps of the Rose’s experience.
The rows below reveal background activities and
service components required to make the service
run.1. Awareness 2. Expression of needs 3. Response to needs
Rose’s
Service
Journey
Is forced to drop out of Hears about Texts her concern Hears a summary of Joins a Gamified Gets inspired and Gets a referral to Girls’
school because parents possibility to voice about need for AGYW concerns in the counselling session advised in Guiding Business Accelerator
can’t afford tuition. her concerns financial support to village meeting and based on the concerns Star Group. Gets for entrepreneurship
Lacks direction and through Speakeasy. about plans to address raised through support in setting skills training.
financial support. Speakeasy. them. Speakeasy. her own goals.
Frontline workers such Youth representatives, Youth representatives Village Chairman, Youth representatives VEO (Village VEO (Village Chairman)
as healthcare providers youth clubs and local responsible for setting Youth reps, 2-3 and/or other frontline Chairman) identifies contracts local experts to
identify girls based on LGA representatives up Speakeasy channels AGYWs go through workers run local role models to run training. Youth
People their vulnerability and promote Speakeasy (boxes, SMS) and notes and agree on counselling sessions share success representatives help in
involved refer them to Speakeasy as a way to voice collecting messages. an action plan. based on topics that stories and guide coordinating sessions.
and other interventions needs. VEO can take come up through AGYWs.
based on need. immediate action. Speakeasy.
Targeting Tool or similar Youth clubs and Speakeasy boxes Existing youth / Gamified Counselling Community Community spaces such as
existing assessment school clubs work as placed in secure school clubs and game sets distributed spaces such as ward office and youth club
tool is used for hubs for reaching out locations accessible village meetings to youth clubs, VEO ward office and spaces. Easily printable
Channels identifying need for to AGYW. Contact mainly to AGYW. utilized for office. youth club spaces. materials for
& spaces referral. information can be Possibility to send announcing action Radio show. entrepreneurship training to
spread on posters, notes as SMS through plans. Templates for goal be developed.
flyers, stickers etc. phone. setting.
Targeting Tool suggested Can be set up as both Existing business training
as a means of quick analog and a phone programs locally such as
targeting - needs to be number. Existing DREAMS program.
Possible developed through platforms for civil Existing online / app
platforms piloting reporting (e.g. StopIt, business training courses
Say Something, Nixle’s such as Passport to
POP Council has an Tip Watch) can also be Success® Traveler
existing targeting tool considered1. Awareness 2. Expression of needs 3. Response to needs
Service
Blueprint
of stake-
holder
Drops out of school. Hears about Texts her concern Hears a summary of Joins a gamified Gets advice on business
roles Parents can’t afford possibility to voice her about need for AGYW concerns in the counselling sessions development and a
tuition. Has no concerns through financial support to village meeting and based on the concerns referral to Girls’
direction and needs Speakeasy. Speakeasy. about plans to address raised through Business Accelerator.
financial support. them. Speakeasy.
Meets Rose in youth club. Tells Collects Speakeasy Helps to coordinate a Runs gamified counselling sessions
Youth rep
about options for public boxes and compiles AGYW meeting for with topics identified through
participation and points her to messages left in all going through Speakeasy. Reports to CSO/VEO
Speakeasy Speakeasy channels. Speakeasy messages. about needs for referral.
Frontline Meets Rose and hears her
worker concerns. Uses targeting
tool checklist and refers her
to a youth club.
CSO / VEO Identify youth reps to Coordinates an AGYW meeting. Gets notified of
coordinate the Decides on response actions. needs for referral.
engagement process. Notifies DED if needed. Involves Connects girls to
Promotes Speakeasy. relevant experts in interventions support services.
Expert Gets assigned by Teaches sessions at
CSO/VEO to a Girl’s Business
training session. Accelerator.
District Supervises that adolescent Gets informed of major
executive engagement process is being challenges on village level.
director implemented on community Directs resources
level. Advices VEO. accordingly.Service components included in the Toolbox
Phase 1: Identify & Refer Check-list type AGYW targeting tool for frontline staff to make more
accurate and holistic referrals on the spot. It is based on contextual
Targeting Tool health indicators (Life Factors identified) that predict and thus help
prevent adverse health outcomes. Targeting tool links AGYWs at risk to
AGYW needs Identifying Prevention Referral relevant support services based on individual needs.
This is a suggested process of assessment based on life factors identified during the project. The Targeting tool has to be further developed
before piloting. Alternatively, an existing targeting tool can be adapted and used for the same purpose.1. Starting point 2. Engagement 3. Outcome
Rose’s
Service
Journey
through
Targeting
Tool
process Is out of school. Mostly hangs around on the Meets a frontline healthcare worker, who asks Gets referred to additional support services
street, has no direction or financial support. her a set of questions about her situation and based on her needs and the result of
tells about support services happening locally targeting tool.
that might help her.
Frontline workers such as healthcare workers Frontline healthcare workers use Targeting LGAs get statistics of AGYWs requiring
trained to identify and refer AGYW to tool checklist to identify and refer AGYW referral.
additional support services. according to need and local support services
People available.
involved VEOs make sure that there is a
comprehensive listing of local AGYW support Youth reps and NGOs / CSOs help by
services available. connecting AGYW in need with frontline
workers.
Targeting tool questionnaire works as a Localized referral map developed and used
check-list for frontline workers for quick for identifying existing AGYW support
identification and referral of vulnerable services.
Channels AGYWs.
& spacesPrototyping feedback
“This solution is needed because it makes assessment
easier and more holistic.”
- Kiwohede staff member
18Targeting Tool
Value Proposition
AUTHORITIES GET A HOLISTIC
UNDERSTANDING OF HER REALITY AND NEEDS
● Increased awareness of existing risks
and sources of support
● Gained the guidance to appropriate risk
mitigation strategy
AGYW NEEDS ● Preventative action against unforeseen
ALIGNMENT
challenges
● Preventing HIV
● Preventing Teenage Pregnancies
● Preventing Sexual, Physical, and
Emotional Violence TOOL TO COLLECT DATA ON AGYW AND
● Keeping Boys and Girls in School FOR EFFECTIVE REFERRALS
● Developing Skills for Meaningful NAAIA* LGA ● Tool for assessing youth challenges
Economic Opportunities ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT ● Tool for targeting programs effectively
● Improving Nutrition ● Increased understanding of girls
● Improved key indicators at LGA level:
AGYW wellbeing
*National Accelerated Action & Investment Agenda for Adolescent Health & Wellbeing 2019 – 2022Phase 2: Listen, Advice & Refer
Speakeasy
AGYW engagement Transparency Communication
Accountability
AGYWs don’t necessarily know whom to reach out to with
different support needs or are afraid to engage with officials.
The Speakeasy service allows AGYW to voice their
concerns, wishes and needs easily and anonymously
without fear of stigma.
The issues recorded are discussed in bi-monthly meetings
together with AGYWs and LGA officials leading to publicly
announced action plans for addressing prioritized challenges.
20Recommended mechanism
Delivery and Collection of Opening meeting Direct Engagement
boxes Committee including 1-2 AGYWs present the action
Youth Reps collect full boxes and return VEO, Village Chairman, 2-3 AGYWs, Youth reps plan to youth groups.
empty boxes. open boxes, go through notes and agree on an VEO and other committee
action plan. member present at the
- and/or VEO takes immediate action. meeting.
1-3 DAYS
Leads to different action plans:
A. Community meeting
Update and
B. Community mobilisation: Street action points
ambassadors and village chairman from opening
C. Village committee meeting meeting
D. VEO takes to WDC, DED
14 DAYS1. Starting point 2. Engagement 3. Outcome
Rose’s
Service
Journey
through
Speakeasy
process
Has a concern. Hears from a youth Posts her concern Attends opening meeting and Gets a summary of AGYW
representative about possibility to voice her to Speakeasy. witnesses the process. concerns and action plans to
concerns through Speakeasy. address them.
Youth reps introduce Speakeasy to AGYW at Youth reps are Village Chairman, Youth Reps, VEO / Village Chairman shares
youth clubs or other places in which girls responsible for 2-3 AGYWs go through notes concerns raised and action plans
gather. making speakeasy and agree on an action plan. to other AGYW and larger
People boxes and other VEO can take immediate community.
involved Village Chairman / VEO contract youth reps channels available to action.
responsible for coordinating the Speakeasy AGYW. Youth reps
mechanism. collect messages left
in Speakeasy.
Youth clubs and school clubs work as hubs Speakeasy boxes Notes left in speakeasy Existing youth / school clubs and
for reaching out to AGYW. Contact placed in secure channels are used to identify village meetings can be purposed
information can be spread on posters, flyers, locations accessible and prioritize concerns. for announcing action plans.
Channels stickers etc. mainly to AGYW.
& spaces Possibility to send Communal spaces such as
notes as SMS ward office can be used as a
through phone. meeting space.“This is good and easy. It will definitely help me to
Prototyping feedback collect girls’ concerns.”
- Youth Rep
“It would be very helpful to get
these notes. Currently I get to
know about [AGYW] challenges
only if someone comes to the
office to leave a complaint.”
“This is a really good idea. Sometimes you might - Village Chairman
have something that’s really bothering you, but you
feel embarrassed and shy to come forward to
voice it.”
- AGYW
23Speakeasy
Value proposition
LOWER THRESHOLD FOR AGYWs TO VOICE
THEIR NEEDS
● Precluded stigma and community
judgement.
● Enhanced peer networks
AGYW NEEDS
● Gained the guidance to appropriate risk
ALIGNMENT
mitigation strategy
● Preventing HIV
● Preventing Teenage Pregnancies
● Preventing Sexual, Physical, and
DIRECT MECHANISM TO UNDERSTAND AND
Emotional Violence
RESPOND TO AGYW NEEDS
● Keeping Boys and Girls in School
● Developing Skills for Meaningful NAAIA* LGA ● Tool for addressing youth challenges
Economic Opportunities ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT
● Aggregated data of AGYW needs
● Improving Nutrition
● Improved key indicators at LGA level:
overall AGYW wellbeing
● Increased direct engagement with girls
*National Accelerated Action & Investment Agenda for Adolescent Health & Wellbeing 2019 – 2022Phase 2: Listen, Advice & Refer
Gamified
Counselling Tool
AGYW engagement Goal-completion Risk mitigation
Positive Peers
The
1. gamified counselling tool can be used to facilitate
provision of life advice and goal-linked guidance to
AGYW in a fun and engaging way. Themes for
discussions can be based on challenges identified
through the Speakeasy mechanism.
It can be deployed within any existing platform that
brings AGYW together with advisors of any sort:
teachers, youth representatives, mentors, older or
experienced community members, older peers.
25Counselling Game benefits
1. Gamifies how AGYW 2. Helps AGYW visualise 3. Facilitates
Let me tell
visualise life and events that pose as risks counselor-like
you…. goal pathways along the way, and individual to share the
Now she
will...
develop potential right advice, and make
mitigation strategies. referrals, if necessary
These events stretch across Game contains key local
contextually relevant life contacts, updated by each
events such as loss of facilitator:
income, or loss of parent. ● People who can help
They also extend to specific the girls
sexual health linked events ● Types of support she
such as getting raped, or can seek
being made an offer by a ● Points of contacts, or
man. places for support
26How the game works
The game consists four types of cue cards
for both facilitator and participants.
Blue card: “Something happened”
E.g. Someone forces her to do
something
Future goals or an outcome: Create a persona: Goal setting:
Discuss aspirational outcomes Participants divide themselves Each group describes the persona Red card: “Tell me more about”
that girls their age want for into two groups and select an to bring it to life and then sets a
themselves as a group. For adolescent persona to play as goal for their persona to move
E.g. Tell more more about what can
instance, “creating a business” towards in the game. make things worse for her now?
Green card: “Let me tell you about”
E.g. Let me tell you what she should avoid
Play the game: right now? (Facilitator shares information)
Participants roll the dice to
move the girls forward on the Yellow card: People picture
board, resolving questions,
card
scenarios and receiving
advice on the way. A variety of roles to spark
conversation
271. Starting point 2. Engagement 3. Outcome
Rose’s
Service
Journey
through
Gamified
counselling
process
Gets referred to a Gamified Counselling Attends the In the game responds Learns about risks in Gets referred to
session through Speakeasy meeting. counselling session to situational questions relation to their goals, additional support
with her friends. and listens to others’ coping strategies and services based on
answers. sources of support. her needs.
VEO decides on the topic for the Gamified Youth reps host and conduct the counselling Youth reps refer AGYWs CSOs / NGOs
Counselling session based on concerns raised session. During the game, they can better to support services follow up with
through Speakeasy. understand AGYWs’ risk perception and according to the the girls who
provide relevant advice accordingly. assessment through the need additional
People CSO coordinates with youth reps and trains them game and reports back to support.
involved to use the tool. Based on the topic discussed, VEO invites VEO.
relevant experts to the session to share their
Youth reps introduce the session to AGYW at advice for AGYWs. VEO coordinates CSOs /
youth clubs or places they gather. NGOs for follow up
Youth clubs and school clubs work as hubs for A set of gamified counselling tools including a Localized referral map for AGYW support
reaching out to AGYW. game board, a dice, play pegs, decks of services.
questions cards.
Channels
& spaces Utilize existing school and youth clubs as a
platform to adopt the gamified counselling
session.Prototyping feedback
“Now I know the importance of communicating with “This is so informative and fun to play. We just
my parents. It won’t be the end of world if need some training in factual advices then we’re
something bad happens to me, I can always ask able to refer girls accordingly.”
for help.” - Youth Rep
- AGYW
29Gamified Counselling Tool
Value proposition
HELPS AGYW GAIN CONTROL OF THEIR
GOALS AND LIFE TRAJECTORY
● Increased awareness of imminent risks
● Increased awareness of existing sources
of help
● Forged positive peer interactions
AGYW NEEDS ● Gained the guidance to appropriate risk
ALIGNMENT
mitigation strategy
● Preventing HIV
● Preventing Teenage Pregnancies
● Preventing Sexual, Physical, and
EXPANDS ABILITY OF FRONTLINE
Emotional Violence
WORKERS TO OFFER SUPPORT
● Keeping Boys and Girls in School
● Tools for addressing youth challenges
● Developing Skills for Meaningful NAAIA* LGA ● Increased engagement with girls
Economic Opportunities ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT
● Improved key indicators at LGA level:
● Improving Nutrition
AGYW wellbeingPhase 3: Inspire & Equip
The Guiding Star
Group
Positive role models Goal-setting Peer support
A multi-channel program that inspires and supports
young women to realize their potential through role
models and storytelling.
Role models act as mentors to AGYW groups with similar
goals and interests. They share key factors to their
success and inspire AGYW to think about their own
success stories and guiding stars.
311. Starting point 2. Engagement 3. Outcome
Rose’s
Service
Journey
through
Guiding
Star Group
process Doesn’t know what to do in life. Hears an Attends sessions and gets inspired by different Becomes an ambassador of
inspiring success story of local young woman possibilities presented in role models’ stories. Gets advice Guiding Star Group mobilizing
in a youth group meeting. Gets introduced to on how to set her own goals and mitigate possible more AGYWs join.
a mentoring program of Guiding Star Group. challenges on the way.
Village Chairman / VEO identify role models to Role models share their success stories including how The AGYWs who join Guiding
share their stories on radio and Guiding Star they overcame challenges. They answer the participants’ Star Group become role models
Group meetings. questions and support them with their own goals. themselves eventually.
People
involved Youth reps introduce Guiding Star Group to Youth reps coordinate events together with Village
AGYWs at youth clubs or any places in which chairman / VEO and help support goal setting activities.
AGYWs gather.
Health care workers advice AGYWs on SRH related
issues.
Youth clubs and school clubs work as hubs Communal spaces such as ward office can be used as a
for reaching out to AGYW. meeting space.
Channels Radio can be used as a channel for sharing Youth clubs and school clubs can also be used as a
& spaces success stories by role models and to platform for Guiding Star Group activities.
promote the program.Prototyping feedback
“This is important to me as well. I can see there is a real
need for this event. There were so many great questions
from girls today that I’ve never thought of.”
- Female entrepreneur
“People who have gone through similar struggles are the
best teachers.
“It was amazingIt shows thatWhat
today. even ifhave
therelearnt
are challenges,
here I can
you can overcome them.”
teach my friends too.”
- AGYW
- AGYW
33Guiding Star Group
Value Proposition
OFFERS A PATHWAY TO INSPIRING AND
POSITIVE LIFE GUIDANCE
● Increased awareness of different
opportunities
● Enhanced support in achieving life goals
● Increased positive peer influence and role
AGYW NEEDS model support
ALIGNMENT ● Developed context specific risk mitigation
● Keeping Boys and Girls in School strategies
● Developing skills for meaningful
economic opportunities
● Preventing teenage pregnancies PROPOSES A MECHANISM TO OFFER
● Preventing HIV CONTEXTUAL GUIDANCE TO AGYW
● Preventing Sexual, Physical, and NAAIA LGA ● Aggregated source of data on AGYW
Emotional Violence ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT needs
● Improved key indicators at LGA level:
teenage pregnancies, unemploymentPhase 3: Inspire & Equip
Girls’ Business
Accelerator
Economic empowerment Positive peer engagement
Goal-setting
Supporting AGYWs to gain economic independence improves
their ability to take actions for their own health.
The Girls’ Business incubator offers AGYWs a working
space, tools, business training, mentoring, networking
opportunities and pathways to financing opportunities.
Through training programs AGYWs get support and advice
from experts who have set up their own business, develop
their business plans, and get advice in applying for loans in
order to start and sustain a business.
351. Starting point 2. Engagement 3. Outcome
Rose’s
Service
Journey
through
Girls’
Business
Accelerator
process
Has interest to start her own business. Hears Attends GBA to learn Forms a team and Submits a loan Establishes business
from a friend that Girl Business Accelerator about business & meets regularly to application generating income. Returns
(GBA) offers business coaching and training. meet other develop a business plan to GBA as an expert to
like-minded AGYWs. together. coach other AGYWs.
CDO Identifies and provides resources available. Experts / entrepreneurs attend GBA to share WEO follows up and reports back to DED
Advises WEO. experiences and advice in setting up a about the result of increased youth
business. Afterwards, revisits the group employment through GBA.
People WEO identifies local experts, entrepreneurs to routinely to help AGYWs develop their
involved run training and organizes a space for GBA business plan.
meeting.
CDOs attends one of the meetings to advice
Youth reps mobilizes 5-25 AGYWs who have AGYWs on loan application.
similar interest to set up a business to join GBA.
Communal spaces that could accommodate a
larger group meeting e.g. ward office, youth
clubs spaces.
Channels
& spaces Transportation or allowance for experts /
entrepreneurs.Prototyping feedback
“This is great because engaging in business will
reduce girls’ risky behaviour in the community.”
- AGYW
“It was apparent in the session that girls don’t have
this type of knowledge. After the workshop a girl
was able to make her own business plan, which
“It was amazing today. What have learnt here I can
wouldn’t have been possible before it.”
teach my friends too.”
- Female entrepreneur
- AGYW
37Girls’ Business Accelerator
Value Proposition
OFFERS A PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE
● Supported goal fulfillment for
entrepreneurship pathway
● Increased positive peer engagement
● Reduced material deprivation and linked
AGYW NEEDS risks
ALIGNMENT
● Developing skills for meaningful
economic opportunities
● Preventing HIV
PROVIDES GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY
● Preventing teenage pregnancies
LOCALLY
● Preventing Sexual, Physical, and
● Improved key indicators at LGA level:
Emotional Violence NAAIA LGA teenage pregnancies, unemployment
ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT
● Increased opportunities for collaboration
with private and third sector
organisations
● Improved alignment of CSO & LGA
resources
● Increased LGA visibilityRoadmap for piloting
The service components should be implemented in a sequence shown below. This enables an agile
process of piloting in stages without the necessity to have all service components ready at once.
1. Mapping existing 2. Peer mentoring & 3. Counselling 4. Engagement 5. Targeting
AGYW services and entrepreneurship program mechanism mechanism
resources training program implementation implementation implementation
implementation
● Identifying existing ● Identifying gaps in ● Identifying gaps in ● Identifying gaps in ● Identifying gaps in
services and existing AGYW peer existing AGYW existing AGYW existing AGYW
interventions that serve mentoring and counselling services engagement targeting mechanisms
AGYWs needs locally entrepreneurship mechanisms
programs ● Mapping existing ● Mapping existing
● Developing a localized resources and platforms ● Mapping existing resources and platforms
referral map for AGYW ● Mapping existing for implementation resources and platforms for implementation
support services resources and platforms for implementation
for implementation ● Coordinating existing ● Coordinating existing
● Initial mapping and resources and platforms ● Coordinating existing resources and platforms
contacting of potential ● Coordinating existing to implement resources and platforms to implement “Targeting
resources for platforms and resources “Counselling Game” to implement Tool”
implementation to implement “Guiding “Speakeasy” service
Star Group”, “Girls’ ● Creating a reference tool ● Testing and
Business Accelerator” based on service ● Testing and implementation
mapping implementation
● Testing and
implementation ● Testing and
implementationAnnex A: Core project
Objectives Core has three main objectives:
Life Course and sexual and
reproductive health and wellbeing
Core’s human-centred design process builds on the life course
approach to co-create and test women-centred solutions for
sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing:
● The life course approach looks at women’s health over time to
understand the connections between past experiences and future
outcomes.
● Sexual and reproductive health – including maternal and newborn
health – is a vital part of women’s overall wellbeing and quality of life.Core countries
India
Nigeria
Core project country selection has been aligned to
Kenya support global Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) goals. The
project is guided by international and national SRH /
Tanzania MNCH data and research. The project countries have also
been selected to support the key programme and country
strategies and goals of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation (BMGF).Core phases
Research undertaken during the Discover
phase contextualised desk research to
better understand the sexual and
reproductive health scenarios of the four
countries. We then used a co-design
approach to glean a more focused
understanding and identify areas for
further investigation, which lead to
individual country focuses.
Having spent time in the Understand
phase, synthesizing the design research,
we co-created and prototyped solutions
with adolescent girls, young women,
experts, LGAs and our in-country partners
Kiwohede and CSK).
We are hereCo-creation process in Kyela
Co-designers
The co-design process engaged more than 100 local stakeholders in identifying challenges, ideation, testing and
refinement of solutions.
Local CSO Partners RH co-ordinator, Mbeya VEOs & Village Chairmen CDO Community members
Parents AGYWs Youth Representatives Youth activist Front line workersCo-design process 16 SEED IDEAS 6 SOLUTION CONCEPTS 1 SOLUTION TOOLBOX
Annex B: Scope introduction
Creative solutions for social impact at scale. Scope is a social impact company founded in 2008. We exist to accelerate social change at scale. We are based in Helsinki, Finland. Our work is global, spanning across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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