SUGAR DADDY AWARENESS CHALLENGE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Sugar Daddy Awareness classes.
Learn more about the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge and how a simple, one-hour “sugar daddy awareness” training could help countless girls avoid pregnancy while still in school, which can lead to entrenched poverty, and build a better life.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Union des Jeunes Filles pour le Développement (UJFD) leverages existing youth education programming in DR Congo to deliver and timely scale proven and cost-effective solutions that contribute to the reduction of risky of sex among adolescent girls, reduce teenage pregnancy and HIV infection rates.
UJFD will organize 1-hour anti-sugar daddy module to be delivered by experienced women/youth facilitators. This module will highlight the higher HIV risk of cross-generational relationships to limit risky sex and teenage pregnancies among adolescent girls. This module will be delivered through trained facilitators. UJFD will reach 50 schools during the pilot and reach over 5000 teenage girls in the South-Kivu Province.
Union des Jeunes Filles pour le Développement was started in 2020 by Elizabeth Pelele and Ahongo Zakaria Opulent.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 5,000 students during the three-month pilot
Organize 100 Sugar Daddy classes
Number of schools reached (50)
Reach 25,000 students by the end of year 1
FOUNDING TEAM
Elizabeth Pelele - Co-Founder and Coordinator
Ahongo Zakaria Opulent - Co-Founder and Program Manager