Youth on the Move
Stichting YotM
Maarssen, Netherlands
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Youth on the Move is a non-governmental organisation based in Maarssen, Netherlands working on health, disability, children & youth +1 more.
Youth on the Move (Stichting YotM) is a non-profit organisation that works to empower persons with epilepsy and ensure their equal participation in society in Kenya. It runs awareness creation, trainings, and youth and caregiver programmes, and advocates for better epilepsy care, including representing grassroots voices in health policy development. The foundation holds ANBI status in the Netherlands and raises funds for its Kenyan activities. Its trainers are youth with and without epilepsy, and it works with government, churches, hospitals and other institutions across Kenya.
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Youth Programs
Health · Kenya
Training and empowerment of young people with epilepsy in Kenya, including Movers trainings and youth training application processes.
Caregivers Program
Health · Kenya
Selects and supports parents and caregivers of youth with epilepsy, who provide psycho-social support.
Community Health Promoters Training
Health · Kenya
Trains community health promoters and stakeholders to raise epilepsy awareness at community level.
Angaza Kifafa Campaign
Health · Kenya
Awareness campaign on epilepsy in Kenya, with a petition to the Government of Kenya for affordable and available epilepsy care.
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