Family Planning

Volunteering with FREDAfrica offers a great opportunity to engage with the locals on issues affecting their communities. Family planning services are still inadequate mostly in the remote and hard to reach communities where FREDAfrica operates. This is associated to number of issues. There is a need to bridge the gap in order to benefit more. Our volunteers together with community health workers organize training, works, meetings mainly targeting community existing structures such religious leaders, men’ forums, traditional leaders, political leaders, women councils, land lord health workers to appreciate and get fully involved in all family planning programs.

Engaging men as community change makers is also an approach to encourage men to participate in family planning sessions at community levels. This will also encourage more women to participate in health programs. Many women are discouraged by their husbands but when they are also engaged it increase on the women’s knowledge about Reproductive health and Family Planning. This has contributed to shifting knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community in relation to family planning and Reproductive Health in Communities.

This has been achieved through the following objectives:

. To dispel myths and misconceptions about family planning.
. Address the specific fears and concerns among couples regarding family planning methods
. Create a positive (and desired) image of people who use modern family planning methods.
. Encourage listeners to seek more information about family planning.

Organized community barazas, as a platforms for change.

Volunteer with us today in order to enable us add a step on family planning programs especially to the remote and hard to reach communities of Uganda.