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Goodbye For Now…

Posted Tuesday, December 1, 2009 by Melissa Adams - in Uganda

For my final blog entry, I will provide an overview of the work I did while in Uganda, discuss project sustainability and future plans, and share a few lessons learned from my Fulbright experience.

The Overview

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The goal of my Fulbright project was learn how the Hip Hop Therapy Project (HHTP) could be strengthened to better serve the young people participating in it. In this effort, I conducted a needs assessment exercise with the aim of using the findings to inform the project’s growth and development.

After speaking with over 30 young people and meeting with other project stakeholders I decided to focus my efforts on:

  • Developing more training, performance, and competition opportunities for project
    members
  • Increasing the number of youth benefiting from the project
  • Increasing access to age-appropriate HIV-, sexual-, and reproductive healthrelated
    information for project members

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