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Our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ theme is “BREAKING BARRIERS BRIDGING GAPS.”
The theme will help us address issues that hinder HIV service delivery in different communities.
#BBBG
How do you package the information that you give out to the community?
@mckatsug
encouraged us to learn how to package our information so that we can become a beacon of hope to the YPLHIV. We can create an enabling environment for YPLHIV if we stop stigma and discrimination
This afternoon, the UN has launched the Men At Work for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment campaign. The campaign will mainly focus on involving men to address the increased vulnerabilities of women and girls in communities.
#MenAtWorkForGenderEquality
#HeForShe
We were pleased to have Sarah Nakku
@UNAIDS
as the key note speaker. She mentioned that the theme this year calls upon young people’s engagement to End AIDS and other predisposing causes.
This is
@gad_rogers
For those that haven't met him. He asks
"If you are facing self stigma, when is the right time to reveal your status to your partner?"
What is the best answer to this?
#YPlusPageant19
20 years is a milestone for us. we are grateful for the mileage we have made and contributed towards creating an enabling environment for the YPLHIV.
Congratulations are in order for UNYPA and family
#Unypa
@20
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Birthday shout-outs go out to
@mildredtuhaise
who is an ever present support to the success of the Y+ beauty pageant as well as crowning of the ambassadors..
We celebrate you today Mildred.
Remember to protect yourself against STI/Ds, unwanted pregnancies and HIV infections through the weekend, call us Your protection delivery team 🛵 .
#UseACondom
#YPlusPageant22
#PassUsTheMic
Since last year we did it, There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking us up to see it.
Who is super excited 😜 and ready for this year’s
#YplusSummit23
?
#UnypaAt20
Condoms offer the best protection against STls, HIV are re-infections and new infections and at the same time prevent unplanned pregnancies.
#UseACondom
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
COVID19 has had us rethinking most of the ways in which we live our daily lives. It has also opened our eyes to challenges around Gender, Health and human rights. This Friday, our Team Leader will be one of the keynote speakers on a discussion about Gender, Human Rights.
As we get closer to the Christmas holidays, allow us to crush on those beautiful souls and their determination and inspiration has been the key that has unlocked doors for different YPLHIV.
🤝❤️🤝❤️🤝❤️
#UnypaAt20
Happening now: The Kabaka RUN 2022 under Theme: Men Against AIDS to Save the Girl Child. The Y+ambassadors together with the UNYPA staff have been part of this cause.
#KabakaRun2022
#PassUsTheMic
HIV Undetectable=Untransmittable means means if you are a person living with HIV and your viral load is undetectable, there is no risk of transmitting HIV to someone who is HIV negative. ~Dr.
@SabrinaKitaka
from
@MakerereCHS
#UnypaAt20
@YPlusSummit23
Happening now: Post budget dialogue which seeks to bring together CSOs working in the Health Sector to discuss budget allocations within the health sub program.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Today the contestants for Miss Uganda 2019 get unveiled, and among the very finest is our own Gloria Nawanyaga. She is an award winning Miss Y+ with us, whose dedicated effort is to change the narrative for YPLHIV. A queen worth all the support 👑!
#MissUG19
HIV can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for me, Mom taught me to keep going. Don’t give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself. Confronting HIV with bold steps.
#OpeningOpportunites
#YPlusPageant21
Happening now:
@mckatsug
giving a motivational speech to the young people. He will also be announcing and awarding essay competition winners for 2022.
Follow the conversation on
#YPlusSummit22
&
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
2022/23 Ambassadors already holding the Mic🎤 expressing how Access to sexual and reproductive health care for young people living with HIV can considerably lower unintended pregnancies, maternal deaths (including those due to HIV), and new pediatric HIV infections.
It's back. It's bigger. It's better. Are you ready??? This Friday we launch the
#YPlusPageant20
road map and we would love you to join us on all our socials. Join the discussion via
#ChangingTheNarrative
We had a one on one with the Hon Henry Ssekabembe Minister for youth and sports Buganda kingdom, discussed strategies to empower young people living with HIV in Uganda through campaigns like the kabaka run.
#KabakaRun2022
#PassUsTheMic
When condom consumption dropped, I got worried now I am going to teach you how to buy condoms because most of you are just shy, watch me
@IamApass
aka
#DoctorCondom
I am delighted to address you today and share my incredible journey with the Y+ beauty pageant in 2019. As an active participant, I had the privilege to compete in the central audition and embark on a transformative experience. excluded. ~
@RuthAkulu
#UnypaAt20
Great talents were witnessed yesterday at the talent show, however only 2(boy&girl) will be awarded as Mr&Miss Taleant tomorrow at the
#YPlusPageant22
Grand finale at Kampala Serena Hotel.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Today we are privileged that our Executive Director Miss.
@R_Awori
was part of a panel discussion on the SRHR movement building in Uganda at the
#UCHD2023
pre conference organised by our partner
@cehurduganda
#UnypaAt20
Recap
Opening remarks from our ED
@R_Awori
welcomed the district networks of YPLHIV and appreciated them for the great work they are doing ✌️.
She also asked them to position and be accountable to themselves.
#UnypaAt20
#YPlusSummit23
Educating men about menstruation should be started early in their lives as this could make a lot of difference in the way teenage boys look at girls. It should be taught in the early years to boys that menstruation is not a matter of joke or taboo.
#AllianceWeek23
#UnypaAt20
Did you know that we organize the Y+ beauty pageant for YPLHIV in order to re-echo their voices, co-create to build a strong, energetic, creative, and productive generation able to address the multiple dimensions in which stigma and discrimination affect young peoples.
#UnypaAt20
"Young people should be at the forefront but only if they are empowered to be clear to articulate their Advocacy needs" John Jessy Nabundesi one of the Youth Advisory Committee members shared with the contestants as he was sharing with contestants about Public speaking.
This Wednesday, all roads will lead to the Kampala Serena Hotel for the
#YPlusPageant22
Grandfinale to crown the next national Mr & Miss Y+ 2022/23.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
One of our colleague keeps saying that at this moment the 🐘🐘can’t be shaken by anyone in the league however it is not true.
Anyway the
#YPlusSummit23
is happening from 24-26 of April at Hotal Africana. Make your 📅
#UnypaAt20
Condoms give Tripple protection from unwanted pregnancies, STIs, HIV new and re-infections. Tomorrow we have organized a stakeholders' meeting with key stakeholders to evaluate the impact of the mini condom campaign.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Our
#MCM
is Nicholas Niwagaba who has been a good team leader, hardworking, resilient and used to put the organization first. It’s hard to say Goodbye and we shall miss you.
#YPlusSummit21
The Y+ beauty pageant is a novel concept developed to celebrate beauty with zero stigma and discrimination among YPLHIV.
The pageant has created a huge impact among YPLHIV who have become passionate advocates in different communities of Uganda 🇺🇬.
#UnypaAt20
Since last year’s theme was “We Have Got The Voice, Pass Us The Mic.” What should this year’s theme focus on?
Suggestions for this year’s theme are open.
Drop yours in the comment section.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Adolescents are likely to face a range of SRHR challenges.
Join the twitter space as experts unpack challenges around adolescent health.
#UnypaAt20
#UnlockMySRHR
Northern Region has graced us with
#YPlusPageant22
Royals🥳🥳. Meet our Miss Y+ Northern region 2022 Chandiru Hadijah Juma, 20yrs from Moyo General Hospital together with her 1st Runner up Miss Nassa Michelle Mich 21yrs old from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.
I don't have any stigma attached to my body or status. We promised and we have delivered 🕺💃. We have kicked off the central auditions of the
#YPlusPageant21
.
#OpeningOpportunities
#MondayMotivation
The person who has confidence in himself/herself gains the confidence of others.
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
#YPlusPageant21
#OpeningOpportunities
Today we moderated a session on HIV & AIDS awareness, where we shared about Stigma and discrimination; how it is caused, and what challenges young people living with HIV face when they encounter it in communities..
#YouthMentorshipUg18
I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences. We need to ensure that the community is a supportive one so that the stigma and discrimination related to HIV is dispelled.
#YPlusPageant21
#AfriyanAGMUG23
was conducted yesterday and a new Board
was selected to run for the next two years.
Congratulations 🎉 to the 5 members comprising of the chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, & two members who will be in charge of coordinating the operations.
#UnypaAt20
Over the weekend, our Y+ ambassadors joined the
@reachahand
team at Kasanganti High School where they engaged students in peer learning sessions on understanding their sexuality.
#GYMO22
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Breakaway Sessions
Groups Strawberry 🍓 Treatment failure ~supercharger
HIV treatment failure occurs when your antiretroviral drugs are no longer able to suppress the virus or prevent the deterioration of your immune system.
#UnypaAt20
#YPlusSummit23
Like people who smile when it’s raining, let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy day.
Today we received a team from
@USAIDUganda
for the One-on-One support in the development of our advocacy and communications strategy.
#UnypaAt20
Young people’s solidarity is exceptional💪🥰. Here are some of our ambassadors who have decided to say that their fellow YPLHIV lives matter and have decided to deliver the refill of those who cannot access their health centers. Every life matters.
#StaySafe
#ChangingTheNarrative
The climax of the
#AllianceWeek23
started with a matching in fort portal city as a pre activity of the
#IYD23
under the theme “Collaboration with Tooro Kingdom to advance and promote Young People’s SRHR
#UnlockMYSRHR
#UnypaAt20
#WCW
: AOL GLADYS Miss Y+ Northern Uganda and the National Miss Y+ 2020/21. She joined the Y+ pageant so that she can advocate for the rights of her fellow YPLHIV in Uganda.
#ChangingTheNarrative
Sexual harassment and violence against women continue to colonize our communities, you have witnessed it, DON’T remain quiet. STAND UP and SAY NO TO GBV!
#YPlusSummit21
Oh, hail our new King and Queen of the Western region. Meet our Mr. Y+ 2021/22 Agaba Lawrence Ahurra, Miss Y+ Amanya Caroline, 1st runner up Mr. Y+ Nuwagaba Allan hadad and 1st runner up Miss Y+ Namugenyi Dorothy.
#YPlusPageant21
#OpeningOpportunities
Everyone smiles 😃 more on Fridays.
Today we are delighted to have a team from
@MrAndMsAbility
to discuss different interventions we can work on together to target people with disability and living with HIV.
Something incredible is soon 🔜 coming.
#UnypaAt20
Great partnerships thrive because we all need each other.
This afternoon we had a fruitful discussion with the DG of
@aidscommission
Dr.
@NelsonMusoba
on how we can strengthen our partnership on different interventions and messagings that target young people.
#UnypaAt20
The session had young people excited, as digital media always does. Batambuze went on about access of social media, developing a footprint and creating an image
#YPlusSummit20
#ChangingTheNarrative
The way this weather is changing some other people have started to say this kaweather is for the two 👫 but remember to always
#UseACondom
correctly and consistently.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Young people have the right to the information and skills they need to protect their health. That's why we gladly remind you to use protection and if possible abstain from sex.
#UseProtection
#YPlusPageant21
#OpeningOpportunities
Day ✌️: We have kicked off with a session on Understanding our Mental Health, one of the major challenges affecting young people living with HIV in Uganda.
#YPlusSummit22
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Be like Gloria Nawanyaga. Refusing to bow down to stereotypes and believing that there is more to her than her status. She was crowned Miss Rising woman at
#MissUg2019
🎊 🎊. Your testimony to the potential of YPLHIV
#MondayMotivation
#Gloria4MissUG2019
Young people should discover themselves so that they can achieve their dreams and goals. If you are asking your self how this can be done check out our Girl
@nawanyaga
running for
@MissUgandaWorld
, let's keep up the spirit and vote her for
#missug19
.
Yesterday we started off the year in style with a brief meeting with
@Winnie_Byanyima
the
@UNAIDS
Executive Director and the different CSOs, this meeting aimed to monitor the progress of work done by CSOs to fast track the end of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Uganda by 2030.
Happening Now in Jinja; Hotel Paradise:
@SRHRAllianceUg
in partnership with
@UNESCO
have organized a CSO orientation that has brought together CSOs doing advocacy information and behavior change communication and service delivery for SRHR.
#PassUsTheMic
🎤
Today, we remember Philly Bongole Lutaaya. He stood up at a time of extreme stigma and discrimination but nonetheless kick started the fight. We are proud to be following in his footsteps with the Y+ Beauty Pageant.
#EndAIDS2030Ug
#YPlusPageant20
Last week we conducted an inception meeting in the districts of Jinja and Igange to introduce our new baby project to the district officials focused on creating a safe environment for YPLHIV in a school setting, fostering positive living and enhancing HIV prevention.
#UnypaAt20
It is encouraging that young people living with HIV can stand up boldly to be counted in different arenas of life, breaking free of the chains of stigma . Gloria Nawanyaga's story and her battle for the
#missug19
crown is eye opening. Keep going
@nawanyaga
.
#Gloria4missUG2019
Byaruhanga Henry Mckenzie is the team leader of Ghetto Network of young people living with HIV located in kamwokya.
He is an HIV Advocate who is using different interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination through modern farming and glass recycling.
#UnypaAt20
We have organized an informative, educative and interesting webinar for you. 🕺💃 Are you ready to get informed, learn, unlearn and relearn? Check out our panelist for tomorrow so don't miss out on this opportunity. Register now at the link below 👇
Over the years, the
#YPlusPageant21
has changed very many lives of YPLHIV. Through this campaign, many of them have become a beacon of hope and a voice for the voiceless in their communities. And with that said, who will wear the crown 👑 this year.
#OpeningOpportunities