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Building Great Future Through Empowerment
JOMAS Foundation Africa is an independent registered national non-government and non-profit organization based in Kabalagala, Kampala.
In 2020 a group of educated, dynamic, like-minded and committed young people of different backgrounds, different religions, different gender and different faith got together to establish an organization, for addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of their fellow young people, women and men of Uganda as the preliminary youth advocates and change agents in their country. True to this spirit the organization was named Joint mechanism for access on sexual reproductive health and rights (JOMAS).
Our Work
Research is central to our work and interventions. What we do is based on the latest evidence that we also make available to our partners and others around the world. We undertake studies that inform our understanding of sexual and reproductive behaviour and attitudes.
Our Values
JOMAS is an open, inclusive space that welcomes adolescents and young people in their diversity. JOMAS is an open, inclusive space that welcomes adolescents and young people in their diversity.
Our Mission
To be a national champion in building stronger and more inclusive Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Movement for Young People through research, advocacy, networking and capacity building
Our Vision
We envision a society that is informed where young people enjoy their SRHR, are able to make informed choices of their lives, and are recognized as a valuable resource.
Who we Are?
Joint Mechanism for Access on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (JOMAS) is a youth-led, non-profit, voluntary
non-governmental association founded in 2020. “We envision a society that is informed where young people enjoy
their SRHR, are able to make informed choices of their lives, and are recognized as a valuable resource”. Our mission
is “to be a national champion in building a stronger and more inclusive Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
Movement for Young People through research, advocacy, networking and capacity building”.
Where We Work?
Currently, we are working in Kampala City (in the hotspots of Makerere Kikoni, Kasubi, Kavule, and Bwaise), and
Wakiso District (Nansana, Kayunga, Wakiso, Naluvule, and Ganda). However, we want to scale up our service young
people in the cities of Jinja, Gulu, Kabale, Mbale, Kayunga, Iganga, Mukono, Northern Uganda (Ugandan Dry
corridor) and Mbarara. We target groups of young people in urban, peri-urban and rural communities who are still
living in miserable conditions, misinformed, and deprived of very basic necessities of life.
Youth Joint Program Workshop
Promoting Sexuality Rights
Helping Youth Learn More
Our Target Groups
Our core target constituency that we support include: In-and Out-of-Youth in their diversity aged 10 – 24 years and
these are: Young People, Young PLHIV, Young PWDs, Young Fathers, Young Mothers, Young AGYW (Adolescent girls
and young women), most-at-risk at work, Young Sex Workers, Young PWUDs, AGYW at risk of commercial sexual
exploitation, Young Survivors of Violence, Torture and Conflict. We work with health workers, paramedics, counselors
and other staff related to health issues, teachers, students, media personnel, environmentalists and stakeholders in
the field of health, sexuality education, formal and non-formal education and environment/climate change.
Our Plan
Help To Give Hope
Millions of young people around the world, the onset of adolescence brings not only changes to their bodies but also new vulnerabilities to human rights abuses, particularly in the arenas of sexuality, marriage and childbearing.
Millions of girls are coerced into unwanted sex or marriage, putting them at risk of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and dangerous childbirth. Adolescent boys are at risk, as well. Young people – both boys and girls – are disproportionately affected by HIV.
JOMAS works to ensure health services and supportive programmes are available to young people who are marginalized or hard to reach.
We are therefore, pleased to present to you our new strategic plan 2022-2026 aimed at enhancing access to SRHR services and information for young people aged 12-30 years.
Our IMPACT
Adolescents’ and young people’s sexual and reproductive health supported
Working with ministries, NGOs and other partners, JOMAS has advocated for and supports the
efficient delivery of a holistic, youth-friendly health-care package of services. These include:
Universal access to accurate sexual and reproductive health information.
A range of safe and affordable contraceptive methods.
Sensitive counselling
Quality obstetric and antenatal care for all pregnant women and girls, and
the prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV
JOMAS has worked to ensure health services and supportive programmes are available to young people who are marginalized or hard to reach.
Volunteer Program
Sexual and reproductive health
We work to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights for all in Africa.Jomas Foundation Africa sees comprehensive sexuality education as a lifelong learning process. We believe young people need it to inform choices in relationships and their sexual lives that are free from stigma, discrimination and violence.
JOMAS will continue to work with both in and out of school young people aged 12 – 30 Years
including men and adolescent boys, women and adolescent girls, young people with disabilities, young people living with HIV, Young Female Sex Workers and Young People who Inject Drugs in an inclusive development approach. JOMAS targets groups including young people in the urban and rural communities who are still living in miserable conditions, misinformed and deprived of very basic necessities of life. JOMAS also works with health workers, paramedics, counselors and other staff related to health issues, teachers, students, media personnel, environmentalists and stakeholders in the field of health, education and environment.
