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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Youth Partnership for Peace and Development (YPPD) |
| Street 1: | 1st Floor, 18 Priscilla Street |
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| City: | Freetown |
| Province: | Western Area |
| Post Code: | 00232 |
| Country: | Sierra Leone |
| Phone: | +23244618220 |
| Organization Email: | info@youthpartnershipatwork.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.youthpartnershipatwork.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | None |
| Organization Description: | |
| VISION: YPPD envisions a society wherein young people can maximize their potentials in development that affect their lives through enhancing their capabilities and enabling them to affirm control over their life circumstances. MISSION: Our mission is to advocate, inform, involve, inspire and celebrate social change led by and for youths through a multifaceted approach. We connect with organizations and individuals with a view to supporting young people, and build alliances between youth groups, developing and empowering the marginalized and vulnerable youth of Sierra Leone. WHY ARE WE INTERESTED? YPPD being a youth-led approach to development and health in particular, TB prevention and control in Sierra Leone is one critical issue that requires multi-stakeholder approaches for the progressive realization of the "End TB Strategy." WHAT ARE WE DOING: A major part of our work is focused on two broad engagement; one is on policy advocacy and engagement and the other is primarily is community education and outreach. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 11 - 25 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Other partners |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| As an institution in the Public Health sector, we have been into massive advocacy at the central level and at the same time using innovative community-oriented education and outreaches on TB prevention and control. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Sierra Leone |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Liberia Sierra Leone |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: YPPD will contribute to this area through advocacy, communication and social mobilization TB-HIV: YPPD will also institute strong non-state actors engagement and monitoring of the delivery of essential TB services nationwide. New TB Drugs: YPPD will also institute strong non-state actors engagement and monitoring of the delivery of essential TB services nationwide. New TB Vaccines: YPPD will also institute strong non-state actors engagement and monitoring of the delivery of essential TB services nationwide. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | November 20, 2015 |
| Last updated: | December 4, 2015 |