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Changing Lives Center in South Africa,Netherlands,United States +27656597382,
OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1 To provide educational support to girls and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in
South Africa
2 To provide health and sanitary products and services to girls and young people from
disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa
3 To equip girls and young people with vocational and life-skills in South Africa
4 To provide victims of gender based violence with immediate access to legal and psycho-social
support
5 To facilitate birth registration and documentation for children and young people including those
living and working in the streets in South Africa
6 To research, lobby and advocate for youth social and economic empowerment in South Africa

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION PILLARS
1. Health and Sanitary Products
The Health and sanitary products aims reduce girls' absenteeism in schools during menstruation.
Strategic Goal
To promote education and the well-being of girls while in school
Strategic Objective
To reduce the number of absenteeism by girls in targeted schools during menstruation by 50% in 2022.

2. Educational Support
Strategic goal
Promoting access to education
Strategic Objectives
• To ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and
pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
• To ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary
education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes

3. Gender Based Violence
Strategic goal
To promote access to legal aid and psycho-social support for victims of Gender Based Violence in South Africa
Strategic Objectives
• To Strengthen the capacity of communities and local service providers to support victims of
Gender Based Violence by 2022
• To protect victims of GBV from secondary victimization during the justice system
• To promote help seeking behavior by victims of Gender Based Violence
• To promote reporting of abuse by victims of Gender Based Violence
• To facilitate immediate access to legal aid and psycho-social support to victims of Gender Based
Violence in Tembisa

4. Vocational Skills

Strategic goal
Promoting economic Empowerment
Strategic Objective
To increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and
vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

5. Birth Registration and Documentation
Strategic goal
To ensure the right to identity and belonging
Strategic Objective
To facilitate birth registration and documentation for children and young people including those living working in the streets.
6. Research, Lobbying and Advocacy
Strategic goal
To promote evidence based development and change in South Africa
Strategic Objective
Improve evidence-based interventions through strengthening research, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of Changing Lives programmes.