Youth Impact
 | This article contains promotional content. (April 2020) |
| Founded | Jan 1st, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Type | AIDS education, Quality Education |
| Location | |
Area served | Botswana |
| Website | http://www.young1ove.org/ |
Young 1ove is a non-governmental organization based in Gaborone, Botswana that scales evidence-based programs in health and education. The mission is to connect youth with proven life-saving information and Young 1ove has reached over 50,000 young people. Young 1ove currently runs two programs: Zones and Teaching at the Right Level.
The flagship program, Zones, encourages young people to safely date age-mates instead of riskier older partners. The program was inspired by a 1-hour class delivered in Kenya and shown through a randomized control trial to reduce adolescent pregnancy rates, a proxy for unprotected sex and HIV transmission, by 28 percent.[1] Young 1ove revitalized the evidence-based program and delivered it in Botswana with Tirelo Sechaba participants [2] as program facilitators. In 2015, Young 1ove conducted a randomized control trial to test if the program still worked in the Botswana context. The trial involved 343 schools across the county. Results from the RCT showed that more adaptations are necessary before scaling up the program to the entire region; Young 1ove is currently using the results to design the highest-impact program possible.[3]
The second program, Teaching at the Right Level,[4] is a remedial education program developed by Pratham to assist students who are falling behind curriculum expectations. The intervention has been shown in over six randomized control trials to demonstrate robust impact across contexts and implementation models. The approach evaluates student proficiency using a 1-page assessment tool and then groups students according to their learning level instead of age or grade. After re-grouping students, youth facilitators use fun, level-tailored activities during a 30-day after school class to teach students at their level. Teaching students at their ability rather than grade level curriculum is shown to be one of the most cost-effective interventions at improving basic literacy and numeracy.
Young 1ove's programs are run in partnership the Botswana government.
See also
References
- ^ Dupas, Pascaline (2011). "Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 3 (1): 1–34. doi:10.1257/app.3.1.1. ISSN 1945-7782.
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- ^ "Does "Sugar Daddies" replicate? The preliminary results are in for Botswana - Global Innovation Fund". 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Teaching at the right level to improve learning - The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab". www.povertyactionlab.org.