Onorio Sánchez Mena

Onorio Sánchez Mena, a 29 year-old Taguaka community nurse, has worked at a local health center for two years providing HIV/STD testing and counseling to young indigenous women. He has worked as a community health worker addressing gender equity and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Onorio volunteers at a Catholic radio program on various health-related issues and believes that his radio experience combined with his ability to speak three languages (Spanish, Misquito and Taguaka) enable him to significantly impact the SRH of his community. In his view, radio is an effective tool to reach the local people who do not have access to other forms of communication. Onorio would like to create a youth-friendly space providing access to SRH information, counseling and most importantly, enabling youth to be heard.