Our Vision
Catalyzing sustainable AMR mitigation through meaningful youth engagement in Africa.
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Our Focus Areas
- Building Capacity of the youth in mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance.
- Triggering interest and commitment among the youth on AMR mitigation.
- Promoting inclusivity and active engagement of the youth in AMR interventions, and decision-making platforms.
- Strengthening youth voices in AMR mitigation within the region by synergizing efforts through collaborative platforms, and concerted interventions
Quote of Success Stories
Daphine Tusingwire and her team's first interaction with ReAct Africa programs was at the “My Turn” Symposium 2023 organized in collaboration with different partners. They showcased their creative skit on AMR meant to educate the public on AMR. Thereafter their work on AMR accelerated leading to the founding Working Against Virulent Epidemics (WAVE) a youth-led organization leading AMR interventions in Uganda. Daphine said,“ReAct Africa's mentorship has profoundly influenced my AMR journey, equipping me with the leadership skills and in-depth knowledge necessary to drive change. Their support has been pivotal in my ability to lead WAVE and amplify our impact in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance.”
Daphine Tusingwire
Janice Odhiambo is the Co-founder of Solving Resistance, a Kenyan youth-led organization that works on designing and implementing community interventions to mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance. Solving Resistance has worked closely with ReAct Africa. Janice said the following about the engagement, “"ReAct Africa has been the cornerstone of my journey in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, providing me with invaluable resources, mentorship, and a platform to amplify my community engagement. Their unwavering support has empowered me to turn passion into action, driving meaningful change in the fight against AMR."
Janice Odhiambo
Yuhai Nyambusya, after realizing the immense threat of AMR founded a youth-led organization, Vijana in Antimicrobial Resistance, to engage the community and create awareness on AMR in Zambia. Yuhai said this about her engagement with ReAct Africa, “React Africa believed in my vision as an AMR Youth Champion, their mentorship grew me to the level of founding my own youth movement; Vijana in Antimicrobial Resistance. We are a team focusing on awareness creation, policy and youth involvement in Antimicrobial Resistance starting from community level.”
Yuhai Nyambusya
Ngoni Muzondo found his passion for AMR mitigation after engaging in the ReAct’s AMR Leaders Program for Tertiary Students in Africa. He went ahead to found a youth-led organization, Generational Stewards for Antimicrobials, and has been involved and consulted in many AMR interventions within Zimbabwe and Africa. Ngoni said, "ReAct Africa has bolstered my understanding of Global Public Health and Antimicrobial Resistance through their capacity-building and training programs and annual conferences. They have also allowed me to upgrade my skills and expertise as an AMR youth advocate, empowering me to gain confidence in establishing a youth-led initiative to tackle AMR at the grassroots level."
Ngoni Muzondo
Yusuf still recounts how he received a warm reception after reaching out to ReAct Africa for support in an AMR project. That was the start of his journey engaging with ReAct Africa. Yusuf went ahead to co-found Alliance Against Antimicrobial Resistance (Triple-A), an youth-led organization that employs crowdsourcing and behavioral change communication messages to combat AMR in Africa. Yusuf says, “ReAct Africa has been an enabler of many important projects that I have been a part of. Whether it is through resources, guidance, or partnerships, I could always count on ReAct Africa. ReAct Africa is such an important pillar for us, the youth in AMR.”
Yusuf Babatunde
About the AMR Youth Coordinating Hub
The AMR Youth Coordinating Hub is a collaborative platform aimed at synergizing the youth-led AMR interventions happening in the African Continent. It aims to bring together different youth-led organizations, initiatives and AMR and One Health clubs into a common platform where they can allo work together.
The hub will aid in sustaining and coordinating efforts in establishing a network throughout the African continent. The Hub will also be a database for different toolkits and resource materials aimed at educating and nourishing the youth within Africa with knowledge and skills that can enable them plan and implement sustainable AMR interventions within their local contexts.
Components of the Youth Hub
Why Join the Hub
Individuals
- Access to AMR learning materials.
- Access resource materials and toolkits that can help improve your project management skills om AMR.
- An opportunity to interact and network with like-minded individuals working in the AMR landscape.
- Platform to collaborate with other youths on AMR interventions.
AMR Club Initiatives
- 1. Support for collaborating with other clubs in your region or country.
- Ability to exchange ideas and learn from the work that other clubs are doing.
- Ability to be part of a national AMR charter within your country.
- opportunity to generate well developed reports and also get prompts and notifications on updates.
- A learning platform; wide breadth of resources available; AMR course, resources to improve your project management skills, monitoring and evaluation skills and communication and branding skills.
- Resources to improve the structures and engagement of your AMR club i.e. resource mobilization, community engagement strategies, and engaging fellow students.
J. Randolph K. Keah was invited to attend the 2022 ReAct Africa and South Centre Conference as part of the youth delegation. Through peer networking and cross-learning, he went back home to Liberia and established an AMR program in his organization, Consummate Health and Sanitation. Randolph said, “With limited understanding on AMR, ReAct Africa came on board to provide my team and I technical support and resources that fueled our first national AMR youth program in Liberia, which brought together about 120 young people who are now stewards in Liberia. These opportunities have had a great impact on our success and the many things we hope to achieve in the near future.”
J. Randolph K. Keah Liberia