Young women youth associations

Building on the success of a previous project led by Railway Children African (RCA) in 2024, this new project aims to expand the Youth Association intervention by facilitating two Youth Associations groups of around 20 young women (aged 15-24) in Dar es Salaam, providing them with income generating skills and increasing their access to sexual reproductive health services, mental health services, and confidence to continue to generate their income and become well integrated within their communities. More specifically the project will improve the social and emotional wellbeing of these 20 street-connected young women, while improving their income levels, enabling them to experience positive and sustainable changes in the long term. The girls and young women will remain under close monitoring from RCA for one more year after the end of this funding. RCA youth workers will continue to provide ongoing mentorship support to the girls and young women.

Founded in 2010, Railway Children Africa (RCA) is the East African local affiliate of the Railway Children Global Group and provides empowering solutions to street-connected children and youth in an East African context.