Future Hope is a Non-Governmental Organisation operating in the Port Louis region of Mauritius and focus on prevention work with a younger audience of 11-16 years in order to sensitize and give information about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.Located in Sainte Croix, Future Hope also have 3 other branches in Mauritius. The project of prevention of teenage pregnancy and abuse of illegal substances amongst youngsters is among their major best practices.Key Actions of Future Hope includes: -
- Training, movies, working sessions/workshops, games, and debates.
- Residential seminaries also are done and are good to remove the individual from their routine environment, into a new environment.
- Family therapy sessions
- Hygiene sessions
- Communication sessions
- Discussions around issues such as maternal health, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and sex education
Ideally, 8 sessions are held each month and one residential workshop over 3 days per month with the youth are done in view of sensitisation around Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.Future Hope has several partners and collaborators who support their projects and this includes: Crysalide, Etoile D'Esperance, PILS, Gender Ministry, Health Ministry, Action Familiale, MAM, Centre d’accueil de Terre Rouge, Brigade pour la protection des mineurs, Family Protection Unit, National children council, Probation Office, Crysalide and the media houses in MauritiusAs far as beneficiaries are concerned, the organisation has 80 direct youth beneficiaries targeted for their programme and approximately 140 indirect youth beneficiaries