Blog - In 2021, Oluwafisayomi Olowu came across the Hacey Health Initiative call for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) champions to be trained as peer educators to disseminate SRHR knowledge to other young people.
call for sexual and reproductive health and rights champions to be trained as peer educators to disseminate SRHR knowledge to other young people. She had always been keen on empowering young people to be more knowledgeable about their sexual health and reproductive rights.
"One unguarded moment for young people, especially when they don't get it right in terms of their sexual and reproductive health, can actually cost them their lives. It doesn't mean they will die immediately, but it can change the trajectory of what they could and might become,"The sextionary is an online dictionary that describes SRHR concepts and terms to help young people understand them.
Oluwafisayomi, who is now a graduate and registered nurse, said that since her training with Tombey, in 2021, she has reached an estimated 2000 young people with SRHR information. According to her, she keeps track of the number of participants who attend the webinars and meetings she facilitates and uses any opportunity she has as a nurse to have frank discussions with young people about their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Florence Adegbamigbe, 25, who was a student at the University of Ibadan in 2020, explained that she was unaware that a youth friendly SRHR counselling centre was located in her school until the Tombey initiative came along and mapped it. To mitigate these challenges, Owolabi said Tombey collaborates with gatekeepers within communities, including traditional and religious rulers. Tombey also leverages social media to target young people in the language they understand and is planning to leverage short SMS codes to disseminate SRHR information and services to young people, anywhere they are, in the near future.
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