2 Young Lives – 2YL

The 2YL initiative, dedicated to empowering adolescent girls through pregnancy, safe birth, and into motherhood, is continuing its community-based program designed to help these young women gain self-confidence, to reintegrate with their families, to return to school, to access  antenatal, delivery and postnatal healthcare, to receive life-skills training and obtain help in establishing microbusiness support.
The 2YL team are currently in the throes of preparing for the upcoming, annual 2YoungLives Convention which is a five-day transformative event focused on training and empowering our mentors, with input from experts on a range of relevant topics as well as sports activities, women’s health checks and cultural activities. In this way we address the day-to-day challenges, whilst fostering learning, social cohesion and community engagement.
The desired outcomes include strengthened mentor-community bonds, enhanced mentor capacity, increased health awareness/screening, the celebration of mentors’ talents and a sense of unity via a common interest in transforming the lives of these pregnant adolescents.
Participants increase their skills, become involved with supporting networks and gain motivation, driving personal growth and lasting empowerment – the convention equipping mentors to thrive while building a cohesive, engaged community.