World Contraception Day takes place on September 26th every year. The day’s mission is to improve awareness of all contraceptive methods available and enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.As ROOTS we commemorated World Contraception Day at Maizelands Farm, Bindura. This initiative is part of our efforts through the Right Here Right Now platform to promote access to SRH services including contraception. The turn out was incredible. Locals gathered

Men2Men Dialogues Under the project Men 2 Men: Engaging Men and Boys as partners in addressing Gender Based Violence and SRHR issues facing child brides; ROOTS had several community dialogues in five local communities during the month of September. The community dialogues were held in Wards 8& 11 Bindura district with trained facilitators on the ground. The dialogues aimed at addressing the environment in which child brides are living in and also discuss issues of

Developing a Participatory SBCC Toolkit for Engaging Men and Boys as partners in addressing Gender Based Violence and SRHR issues facing child brides was the name and aim of this project being implemented by ROOTS and Bridges of Hope Training. The project kicked off to a great start in Bindura South District. Involvement of facilitators and community members in the toolkit development has shown positive results that are pointing towards greater ownership of the Bridges

Roots, with the support of the Right Here Right Now (RHRN) Platform hosted a National Symposium on safe abortion on the 12th of September at the Bronte Hotel. RHRN is a consortium of 11 youth led and youth serving organization committed to young people’s access to young people’s effective access to sexual reproductive health rights. The platform also focuses on freedom from stigma, discrimination and violence. The aim of the symposium was to congregate various