Reach a Hand Uganda
Reach a Hand Uganda is a youth centered Non Governmental Organization founded in Uganda in 2011 on the premise to empower young people 10 – 24 years with the information, skills and capacity to make informed life choices. With a keen focus on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, RAHU has built vast experience over it’s 10 years of implementation to deliver innovative programming for young people in 43 urban, peri-urban and rural communities of Uganda.
RAHU’s target audience consists of in and out of school young people particularly; adolescent girls (including teen mothers) and young women, young people living with disabilities, young people living with HIV and young refugees in urban and rural settings.
RAHU’s key strategy of engagement centers around the peer education approach that includes; peer led information dissemination, strengthening of referral mechanisms for quality service provision, communication across (mainstream and digital media) platforms, youth led advocacy and youth movement building.
RAHU’s youth centered approach is exhibited in the inclusion of young people at different levels of SRHR information access, linkage to service provision and the continued attempt for a conducive environment for their SRH Rights to thrive.
As such, RAHU strives to meet young people’s needs wherever they are – in communities, schools, homes, places of business and trade and across various mainstream, digital and tech platforms.
Peer Educators Academy
Ruth has played her role as peer educator by participating in different activities like Social media SRHR Information dissemination, participation in community engagements where she sensitizes and creates awareness to communities on different SRHR aspects like Family Planning, HIV/AIDs Prevention, mental health, contraceptives, maternal health, Teenage Pregnancies and SGBV. At the same time while facilitating school outreaches that include peer learning sessions and focus group discussions.
Meet The Founder
Humprehy Nabimanya
Humphrey is a seasoned Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocate, leader, change agent who in his first year at the university founded RAHU. He is also a youth Advocate in Africa with more than years of hands on experience in SRHR, youth empowerment and related issues.
Through RAHU, he has created a movement of young advocates through of over 46 core team members and 1,755 volunteers (growing per year) under the Peer Educators Academy who by the end  of 2020 had helped to directly reachÂ
over 6,618,171 through various project interventions and 18,205,652 through social media. RAHU currently has interventions in 66 schools reaching approximately 20,100 young people and 67,193 out of school young people.
Currently, He is the executive producer of Kyaddala It’s Real, a pan African series that shines a light on real life social issues that affect young people across Africa and their attempts to overcome those issues. It has two seasons now airing on Pearl Magic Prime and Pearl Magic TV.
In special recognition for her outstanding performance and dedication to Reach a Hand Uganda, Ruth was the recipient of the Rising Start Award for going above and beyond the call of duty and exhibiting an exceptional spirit of work and growth in talent over the past years by taking a great initiative and platform to create a safe space by telling her story and inspiring other youth.
SRHR topics entail young people’s SRHR needs while ensuring their access to services and Information amidst the COVID19 Pandemic by encouraging them to visit and seek services at the health facilities.
Ruth has also played the role to promote easy access to SRHR services like ART treatment for young people living with HIV, Family planning services and advocating for more youth friendly corners at health facilities which empowers young people in making informed life decisions.
