Healthy Futures: Reducing Barriers to Primary School Completion for Kenyan Girls

In response to a need for increased cross-sectoral programming in the population field, AED -- through the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) Population Communication Services Project -- created Healthy Futures. This project used a participatory approach to mobilize Kenyan communities around the issue of primary school dropout among girls. This approach led to the creation of school based girls' clubs that provided reproductive health information and guidance to girls. The project also developed a comic book promoting girls' education, integrated girls' education into national song contests and recruited adult role models to promote the benefits of girls' education among parents in the project communities.

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