Health & Wellbeing
YOCED's health work is targeted rather than general. We focus on the points where a health barrier directly stops someone from working, learning or earning — and we work with health partners who bring the clinical capacity we do not.
Removing the health barriers that quietly end economic participation.
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What this field is actually up against.
Health and income are tied together in both directions. Illness stops work and drains savings; low income delays treatment until it costs more. For young people the interruption often lands at the exact moment a first job or first business is being established.
Nutrition, menstrual health and mental health are the barriers that come up most often in YOCED's community work, and they are the ones most likely to be handled quietly rather than addressed.
How YOCED works here.
YOCED is not a clinical organisation and does not present itself as one. Our role is awareness, access and the practical arrangements that reduce a barrier — and connecting communities to partners who provide care.
Nutrition connects directly to the agriculture work: a household growing vegetables for sale is also feeding itself differently, and that link is worth being deliberate about.
Mental health is addressed as part of community wellbeing rather than as a separate specialist topic, because stigma is the reason it stays unaddressed.
What happens in practice.
- 01Health awarenessPractical community sessions on the health issues that most affect participation in work and school.
- 02Nutrition and foodConnecting household food production to nutrition, particularly for children and young mothers.
- 03Menstrual health accessAddressing the product access and facility gaps that keep girls out of school. Delivered with the Women & Community Empowerment field.
- 04Mental health and stigmaCommunity-level work on wellbeing, stigma and support, including around mental disability.
- 05Partner referralConnecting communities to health providers and partners with clinical capacity.
Who this field reaches.
- Girls and young women
- Young people in and out of school
- Rural households
- People living with disabilities
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Ways to work with YOCED on this field.
- 01Health provider partnershipBring clinical services, screening or referral capacity into communities where YOCED already works.
- 02Menstrual health programmeFund or supply a defined access programme in specific schools or communities.
- 03Nutrition initiativeLink nutrition work to household food production in YOCED's agriculture areas.
Sustainable Development Goals.
Only the goals this field genuinely works on are listed.
- 2Zero Hunger
- 3Good Health and Well-being
- 5Gender Equality
- 10Reduced Inequalities
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