GOJoven Belize Alumni Association (GOBelize)

GOBelize Alumni Association

 

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Facebook:  www.facebook.com/BelizeGOJoven
Web: www.gojovenbelize.org

 

Mission:

GOBelize commits itself to contribute to the increase in knowledge of sexual reproductive health, enhance leadership skills and promote environmental consciousness in Belizean youth in order to stimulate positive behavior change and communication in an atmosphere of fellowship.

Vision:

GOJoven Belize Alumni Association will be a sustainable, leading and proactive organization for the empowerment of young leaders in sexual reproductive health and environmental consciousness for a healthier Belize.

Strategic Focus:

  • Develop youth-led leadership, SRH, and environmental awareness programs that respond to the current needs of Belizean youth and communities, with a focus on specialized training
  • Create platforms that allow the cadre of GOJoven Belize Alumni to advocate for better ASRH projects, services, and policies in Belize, through their active participation, commitment, and leadership
  • Provide employment, consultation and education opportunities to enhance the professional development of the GOJoven Belize Alumni
  • Lead research projects that investigate the implementation by governmental entities of International conventions/treaties and national policies and laws that should ensure youth access to SRH knowledge and services and youth participation in environmental consciousness programs

Meet the GOJoven Fellows in Belize:

  • We are pleased to introduce the new cohorts trained directly by GOBelize in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015!
  • Read more about all generations of GOJoven Belize Alumni Fellows here.
  • Learn about their inspiring community leadership projects, called Leadership Action Plans, here.

 

Select achievements of GOBelize:

  • image001Organized & launched the first youth-run, youth-serving ASRH non-governmental organization in Belize, with graduated fellows serving as board members & staff
  • Modified the existing GOJoven youth leadership development model to create an English language program that trained 6 cohorts (from 2011 – 2019) resulting in 67 new youth leaders, many community service providers, to improve ASRH & advocate for youth friendly services & comprehensive sexuality education
  • Created a National Alumni Network with over 52 youth leaders actively working to advance ASRH in their communities & country
  • Reached over 11,000 youth & adolescents in all districts of Belize by providing ASRH trainings & information to youth to reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV & other STI transmission
  • Served on 5 district committees of the National AIDS Commission, all working to advance ASRH and HIV prevention at the national level, and on the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) in Belize, contributing to the HIV/AIDS country grant and proposals, alongside key multisectoral stakeholders from across the country
  • Advocated to expand the UNDP target age for HIV-prevention education among out-of-school youth in response to data showing that younger adolescents are sexually active, and provided HIV prevention education to 4,100 out-of-school at-risk youth through the UNDP-funded “Youth Empowerment Project”, reaching the most remote communities
  • Contributed to the development and approval of the Belize’s pilot comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) curriculum – the National Positive Youth Development Curriculum – published in 2014; convened multi-stakeholder dialogues and advocated for the importance of CSE for youth development to increase support from the National Ministries of Education and Health for its broad implementation
  • Worked alongside the Ministries of Health and Human Development to contribute to designing Belize’s Adolescent Health Strategic Plan 2020-2025, in which they successfully promoted the inclusion of youth-friendly ASRH spaces and services and the guarantee of access to services without parental consent for minors
  • Developed a peer education program of the 4-H Youth Development Center, which was integrated into their curriculum and reached over 2,500 youth with SRH information
  • Reduced pregnancy-related school drop outs at Centro Escolar Mexico Junior College in Corozal by integrating ASRH into the school curriculum and creating an ASRH Club for extra-curricular student engagement, as the result of a GOJoven Belize Leadership Action Plan and GOJoven Institutional Strengthening seed funding
  • Contributed to the Ministry of Health’s 2014-2024 National Health Sector Strategic Plan of Belize by directing a Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practice survey with 900 youth
  • Forged a collaborative membership with the Women’s Issues of Belize (WIN-Belize) network to develop joint advocacy for the improvement of social and economic opportunities for women, including women’s access to leadership roles in government and civil society

GOBelize Fact Sheets:

Highlighted Organizational Bulletins:

Contact GOBelize:

Eva Burgos, Executive Director, GOJoven Fellow

Errol Longsworth, Board President, GOJoven Fellow

Address:              B.E.S.T. Building, Belmopan City, Cayo District, Belize
Telephone:           +501-802-1444
Email:                  gojovenbelize@gmail.com

 

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