The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has selected Kenya among three other African nations as its hub in a campaign targeted young women from the slums.
The initiative dubbed '3E Project' seeks to help nurture girls and young women become leaders and ambassadors of good reproductive health in their home countries.
In the campaign, girls and women of between ten and twenty-five years of age, and are vulnerable to being predisposed to HIV and Aids are given a voice to air out their basic concerns and individual concerns by using the rapidly expanding social media forums. After undergoing rigorous training, the female youths will then engage themselves in voicing out and mobilising more women from the slums in promoting informed ideas on reproductive health, especially on HIV and responsible sexual behaviours.
Through its website, IPPF noted that the trainees shall conduct massive community awareness through seminars, peer counselling, community outreaches and also conduct literacy lessons in schools within their locality. They will also be tasked to frequently make daily updates on Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and other popular social media platforms.
To date, the project has trained over seventy-five young women and girls who have been spearheading the campaign in their communities.
The 3E project is funded by the United Nations and implemented by the IPPF regional group, Africa.