A&Y TV ( Adolescents Girls & Youths Women Tv)

Problems

In Tanzania both adolescents and young women are likely to face a range of health and social challenges. For instance, initiation of sexual activity while they lack adequate knowledge and skills for protection places, adolescents at a higher risk of unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. These are the problems we are going to tackle or solve

• Unwanted pregnancy
• STDs (including HIV/AIDS)
• Sexual violence and coercion
• Unsafe Abortion

Our Solution

A&Y TV (Adolescent girls and youths women Television), this is  an online television platform and an application(app) that broadcasts talk shows of informing, educating and advising adolescent girls and young women about SRHR and sexual violence through talk shows and short films. Our solution is

• Informing, educating and advising adolescent girls/young women and young people about SHRR.
• Providing education, information and counseling for HIV/AIDS to adolescent, access to condoms, voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), STI diagnosis and treatment and anti-retroviral therapy.
• Sexual abuse counseling and management to adolescent girls and young women

Our talk shows and short films are

1. Teenage pregnancies
2. Menstruation
3. SRH Rights
4. Family planning

We are expecting to work with different stakeholders like parents, psychologists, teachers, government health departments,  health specialists/experts like doctors, nurses and different health stakeholders.

Our solution serves to adolescent girls and young women are likely to face a range of health and social challenges. For instance, their at a higher risk of unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. In Tanzania Young people make up the largest and fastest growing proportion of the population in Tanzania; half of the population is below the age of 17.   Investment in young people’s sexual and reproductive health is critical to protect their well-being, maximize their potential for healthy and productive lives, and improve social and economic development.

Both adolescent girls  in Tanzania aged from 13-19 are likely to be 12,000,000 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and young women aged from 19-28 population is 20,000,000. 

Our target population is about 30,000,000 ( thirty million ) both adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania.

These adolescent girls and young women faced by these challenges.

• Unwanted pregnancy
• STDs (including HIV/AIDS)
• Sexual violence and coercion
• Unsafe Abortion

So as COMHESWA, with this project A&Y TV we are going to provide these solution to these adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania. Our solution is to create an online television platform and an application(app) that broadcasts talk shows of informing, educating and advising adolescent girls/young women about SRHR and sexual violence through talk shows and short film

Our talk shows and short films are

1. Teenage pregnancies
2. Menstruation
3. SRH Rights
4. Family planning

We, COMHESWA through this project A&Y TV, we have the right people to deliver the solution to our targeted population since we used to work and implement different health projects and programs. We already visit and work with this population for long time, through this project we are  

1. Our team is good communicators

We, as  team members of the project, we shared problems and solutions and  also we communicate needs with one another.

2. We are goal oriented

Defining a goal and outlining the process to achieve it is being goal-oriented. When everyone has the mission to accomplish the same thing, then you can work together to make it happen.

3. We cooperate each other

We as a team members of this project, we are  working together to achieve the same goal. To us  it’s all about collaboration.

4. We are supportive

One of the best aspects about our team is the support, our team is very supportive on different project we used to work or implement. We rely and trust one another and can help accomplish more than we ever imagined.

5. We are organized

Organization is key in performing well in teams. That’s being able to consolidate work statuses and needs can keep a team moving forward. We as a team, we are very organized to to implement this project and meet our projected results

Our agendas or programmes on our television are

1. Teenage Pregnancies

2. Menstruation

3. SRH Rights

4. Family Planning

Community Health Social Welfare Africa (COMHESWA), we already demonstrated this project and  how the final product will look and function, we already prepare and process everything that used in the project, like web development domain; developers create a series of rapidly developed mock-ups to validate the design, architecture, the programs and usability of a software solution before significant resources are invested. We already refine and practical simulation of the product or feature and provide a clear view of its operation. 

Innovation and technology have the potential to empower women and girls and help realize their sexual reproductive health and rights . 

Through mobile phones, tablets and laptops  and the internet, now through  A&Y TV (Adolescent girls and Youth women TV, an online TV platform and an app) is going to help these adolescent girls and youth women to use digital platforms to get relevant information, education, counseling, trainings about SRHR and Sexual Violence through talk shows and short films . These adolescent girls and youth women will get all of these through their smartphones, tablets and laptops. Adolescent girls and young women get all of these education, information and counseling about SRHR at any where, any time just through their mobile phones. And when these young women  decide to have children, will  have access to skilled health care  and services that can help them have a fit pregnancy, safe birth and healthy baby. Our innovation is provide relevant information and education to adolescent girls and youth women about SRHR just everywhere and anytime. 

A&Y TV 

• By 2027 will ensure that 70% of adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania can  access to sexual reproductive health and rights, sexual reproductive-care services, including for family planning, information & education, & the integration of reproductive health

• By 2027 will ensure that 70% of adolescent girls in Tanzania will be free from childhood pregnancies

• By 2025, substantially reduce the number of raping and sexual violence to adolescent girls and young women.

• By 2025 70% of young women in Tanzania are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.

Our plan to achieve these are 

Through providing of education, counseling, information to adolescent girls and young women through our free online talk shows and short films based on 

• SRHR and Sexual Violence
• Menstruation
• Teenagers pregnancies
• Family planning 

A&Y TV will increase production, engage more stakeholders  and make it more digital to attract and reach more adolescent girls and young women 

A&Y TV (An adolescent girls and youth women TV) goal is to inform, educate and advice adolescent girls and young women about SHRR through an online tv platform and app.

ACTIVITIES

Our activities is to broadcast talk shows and short films about SRHR to adolescent girls and young women. These talk shows and short films based on 

• SRH and Rights
• Menstruation
• Teenagers pregnancies
• Family planning

IMPACTS

• Eliminates all forms of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights(SRHR) and Sexual Violence to adolescents girls and youth women
• Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR Services ) Services 
• Access to comprehensive sexuality education and information as well as SRHR services for adolescent girls and young women 
• Eliminate stigma & discrimination on grounds of gender or sexual orientation

OUTCOMES

• Increase adolescent girls and young women awareness of SRHR as human right
• Access to SRHR resources, information and services
• Transform social norms
• Change policies and law
• Young women are aware of family planning practices
• Young women are aware use of effective means of contraceptives

This is A&Y TV team towards the implementation

1. Mr Fadhil Chiwanga (Project Lead)

He is a assistant project officer of COMHESWA and he is responsible for leading a project and also developing a project plan, managing a team, overseeing specific tasks, and reporting on progress to a project manager or higher-level management.

2. Miss Grace Mwita (Member)

3. Miss Lucy Sabato

4. Mr. Alex Masawe

5. And other stakeholders like doctors, psychologists, parents, teachers, government official, development partners. All of these will work together to help these adolescent girls and young women towards SRHR 

We are on prototype stage, development stage where we are building, testing and then reworking as necessary until an acceptable outcome is achieved after our products  being developed.

COMHESWA through A&Y TV aim to deliver the best possible service to our target customers/stakeholders. Providing equal opportunity to the workforce and hiring and managing a diverse team is essential to reach our goals and provide the institution with maximum benefits. The Benefits of having a diverse leadership team is not just impactful to our beneficiaries and donors; it also improves the organization’s profile and provides an improvement for both, internal and external processes. Here is our leadership diversity.

1. Greater Depth of Experience and Perspective.

Diversity in the leadership team implies more lived experiences and backgrounds being reflected in how an organization and culture is shaped which equates for different insights and access to a different set of cultural and personal experience. This allows us for opportunity to develop ideas that cover a broader demographic. This allow us for a greater ability to connect with and relate to employees and donors.

2. Wider Range of Skillsets and More Innovation

Some skills are taught by training and experience while others are taught by culture and experience. When COMHESWA hires a diverse of its workers, they also get different skill sets, education, knowledge, and backgrounds. A cohesive and diverse leadership team allows for open minded members to have open and candid conversations from different vantage points that can help organizations boost innovation, attract talent and can appeal to inclusion-focused beneficiaries or stakeholders.

3.A Sense of Trust and Psychological Safety in the Organization

 A diverse leadership helps in empowering the team and other employees in the institution It provides employees with a sense of comfort, trust as well as representation. Most of our employees feel a more meaningful kinship if they see themselves represented in leadership and in turn will foster a better relationship between the organization and our employees. It might also inspire other employees to work harder and perform better to climb the corporate ladder. 

4.    Inclusive Perspectives and Decisions.

A more inclusive team will bring different perspectives to the table that allows for everyone on the team to see a situation from multiple angles so that they can make better informed decisions.  A more diverse leadership team bring a wider range of perspectives and insights to the discussion. 

5. Increased Awareness and an Advanced Company Culture.

When have a more diverse leadership team, it helps increase the awareness of the landscape an organization must navigate. This could be in the form of cultural sensitivity, employee needs, customer experiences, social impact, global opportunities etc. This lead us to a more cohesive workplace and help recruit new employees feel safe and included in the organization .  

6. A Higher Possibility of Positive Change

A diverse leadership will create representation, inclusion, cultural sensitivity, a feeling of belongingness as well as personal and professional growth. Diversity in our organization  lead to a more well informed and well agreed upon decisions being made which sets into motion more positive and impactful changes.

Our Business Model 

Our Business Model is Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)

My key customers and beneficiaries are adolescent girls and youth women who are approximately to be more than 30 Million.

Both adolescent girls  in Tanzania aged from 13-19 are likely to be 12,000,000 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and young women aged from 19-28 population is 20,000,000. 

Our target population is about 30,000,000 ( thirty million ) both adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania.

A&Y TV (Adolescent girls and youth women Television), this is  an online television platform and an application(app) that is going to broadcasts talk shows targeting informing, educating and advising adolescent girls and young women about Sexual Reproductive Health and Right and sexual violence this will be done trough talk shows and short films. 

The A&Y TV targets to- 

• Informing, educating and advising adolescent girls and young women and about SHRR.
• Providing education, information and counseling for HIV/AIDS to adolescent, access to condoms, voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), STI diagnosis and treatment and anti-retroviral therapy.
• Sexual abuse counseling and management to adolescent girls and young women

Our talk shows and short films are focused on 

1. Teenage pregnancies
2. Menstruation
3. SRH Rights
4. Family planning

All of our services will be available on website or an online platform and on an application (app) so our targeted population will view our talk shows and short films through their smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. 

Our targeted population adolescent girls and young women who are approximately to be likely 30 Millions population may get education, counseling, information and consultation about SRHR and Sexual Violence.

COMHESWA through that project ( A&Y TV) need resources to grow and develop, as well as to provide services and conduct different activities. For securing funding and other resources is a constant challenge. Our funding for (A&Y TV) will comes from various different streams including international donors, national governments and private funds.

COMHESWA will generally do these main methods to sustain grants and donation:

1. Donations
2. Grants
3. Contracts.
4. Crowdfunding