USAID/Integrated Child And Youth Development (ICYD) Activity in Uganda
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Key Information
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded $148 million to implement the Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) activity with the Education Development Center. This activity will deliver basic education, health, child protection, and economic strengthening services to Ugandan children and youth over the next five years. The program will work in 73 districts in Uganda with the highest numbers of orphans and vulnerable children to strengthen early grade reading, reduce gender-based violence and HIV infection rates, engage youth in livelihood activities, and strengthen child protection systems. In addition to the program interventions mentioned above, ICYD will also build on ongoing USAID-funded efforts to provide psycho-social support to teachers and learners during the period of COVID-19-related school closures so that they are fully prepared to re-engage once schools re-open.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2020 - 2025
Partner(s)
Government of Uganda (GoU)
Ministry Affiliation
Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) and Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD)COVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
NationalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Transition from school to work
Quality
- School violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- HIV and STIs
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Vocational
Other populations reached
- Fathers
- Mothers
- Other community members - female
- Other community members - male
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
- Orphans and vulnerable children
- People living with HIV/AIDS
- People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Curriculum/learning
- Increased availability of learning materials
Health and childcare services
- Adolescent-friendly health services
- HIV prevention
- HIV treatment and care
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Other
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
Policy/legal environment
- Public-private partnerships
Reducing economic barriers
- Vouchers/grants
School-related gender-based violence
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased progression to secondary school
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased test scores
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved critical consciousness
- Improved health - other
- Improved mental health
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
- Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS
- Reduced violence against children in the home