READY Movement

READY+ believes young people deserve health services that are accessible, welcoming, and designed with their realities in mind. 🌍🧠 We are excited to introduce the Youth Friendly Service Toolkit, a comprehensive package of resources developed to strengthen the quality and accessibility of health services for young people. Co-created and validated through workshops with consortium partners and youth representatives, the toolkit is available in English and Portuguese and includes: ✔️ A core toolkit ✔️ A facility checklist ✔️ Supporting certificates These resources has been designed for both web and print use, and they will support implementing partners to identify service gaps, establish standards for youth-friendly care, and advocate for the sustainable integration of youth-friendly approaches into national health systems. Meaningful youth-centered healthcare starts with systems that listen, adapt, and respond to young people. ❤️ Access the toolkit now in our bio! 🔥🔥🔥 #READYMovement #WeAreREADY

Advocacy is a journey, one that requires patience, engagement and commitment. In our latest READYCAST Episode, young advocates reflect on their advocacy journey for health in their communities. Listen 🎧 their empowering stories through the link our bio now. #WeAreREADY #READYMovement

We bring you three remarkable stories from the seed grant winners of READY Academy 2025. 🔥🔥🔥 After receiving a $2000 seed grant for their innovative proposals, these young leaders set out to create change in healthcare they wanted to see in their communities. Discover how Frazer, Nikiwe, and Jacinto made an impact! 👏🏾 Link to the spotlight stories in our bio 🔗 #WeAreREADY #READYMovement

Let’s talk about our work in Zambia 🇿🇲! Our country partner @zambia_network_for_young_peopl held a powerful session with adolescents and young people introducing them to the ABCD framework for advocacy. Young people were taught on identifying the right audience, understanding the baseline of information, defining clear change goals, to delivering strong, and targeted messages. For us at READY, we believe it is important to strengthen youth-led, evidence-driven advocacy because that is a key factor in successfully advocating for youth priorities in health. #READYMovement #WeAreREADY

🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT 🔥 In this episode, READY Youth Leaders explore why HIV prevention is essential for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), highlighting the risks they face and the need for targeted, youth-centered approaches. They share real-life stories from AGYW living with HIV and discuss effective prevention strategies and campaigns in Zambia. The conversation also addresses common barriers to HIV testing and treatment, offering practical insights on how to overcome them and strengthen prevention efforts. Listen to this and more through the link in our bio READYCast #WeAreREADY

In Malawi 🇲🇼, we have started training Teen Mentors for the new Teen Club model which has officially kicked off, bringing together 27 young people from 8 districts for an intensive 6 day learning experience. The purpose of this training is to support adolescents as they transition from teen clubs into adult care services at the healthcare facility. READY+ is working together with @yplusmalawi in ensuring these adolescents are not lost in the process, but are instead supported and linked to fellow young people who understand their journey. This is just the beginning. The same training will be rolled out in the Northern and Southern regions, alongside dedicated sessions for healthcare providers to strengthen adolescent friendly services across the country. #WeAreREADY #READYMovement

There is something powerful about watching a network grow into its own voice and space. During our technical support visit under the READY project, we had the opportunity to engage deeply with ACADEJ @acadej_ao the country network in Angola, starting with a visit to their new office in Palanca, a milestone that reflects both progress and possibility for a strengthening country network. We discussed beyond structure into strategy and reviewed ACADEJ’s 2026 advocacy direction, exploring how to better align their activities with READY programming, and identified key gaps, challenges, and opportunities within their organizational systems. What stood out most was the energy and commitment of ACADEJ members, young leaders who are actively shaping change within their communities. The young leaders shared their advocacy journeys, achievements, and the realities they face. Young people are doing critical work on the ground, supporting peers and raising awareness, yet they are still not taken seriously enough by some stakeholders. That tension is real, but so is their resilience. We also worked closely with the project teams to strengthen the use of monitoring and evaluation tools, improve reporting, and refine ACADEJ’s strategic positioning and branding. As a team, we set clear action steps to move forward with intention and impact. Moments like these are a reminder that meaningful youth leadership is already happening. The task ahead is to ensure it is recognized, resourced, and sustained. KUDOS to Angola 🇦🇴! #WeAreREADY #READYMovement

The people shaping #GC8 are coming together, and 🫵🏼 invited. Tomorrow’s webinar will bring together speakers from the Global Fund, community representatives, and youth leaders who are actively shaping how GC8 unfolds at the country level. They’ll share practical insights on navigating grant development, identifying where influence happens, and how youth-led networks can turn engagement into real impact. 🗓️ Wednesday, 8 April 2026 🕒 11:00 CET | 12:00 EAT | 16:00 ICT 🌐 English, with French and Portuguese interpretation 🔗 Scan the QR code of link in the bio.

In a strategic meeting in Malawi 🇲🇼, READY brought together national stakeholders, READY partners, and young people to strengthen commitments from the government on positioning resources to compliment the READY model. We believe country ownership of the READY Model can sustain the support it provides young people in Africa! #WeAreREADY #READYMovement

The Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 (#GC8) is a key moment to shape national responses to HIV, TB, malaria, and health systems. But youth-led networks are too often left out of grant development processes. This webinar will equip young advocates with the tools and strategies to engage meaningfully in GC8 grant writing and country dialogue. 🗓️ Wednesday 8 April 2026 🕒 11:00 CET | 12:00 EAT | 16:00 ICT 🌐 English (with French & Portuguese interpretation) 🔗 Register 👉🏼 link in bio or scan the QR code

There are moments when change doesn’t happen in boardrooms or policy spaces but around a shared meal, in a circle of trust, where real conversations begin. Through the READY Seed Grant, Nikiwe brought something powerful to life in Maphungwane and Shewula Chiefdoms in the Lubombo Region. Using the culturally rooted “kudliwa inhloko” approach, young men gathered to open up about their realities, their choices, and their futures. In these spaces, conversations on SRHR and HIV were not lectures. They were honest, reflective, and grounded in lived experience. Young men spoke about peer pressure, harmful masculinity norms, early sexual engagement, and substance abuse. These spaces are critical for building community and belongingness. Congratulations to Nikiwe for being a leader in her community and creating this space through READY’s support.

🔥🔥 NEW READYCAST EPISODE IS LIVE!!! 🔥🔥🔥 In this latest episode, our Zimbabwe READY Focal Point engages young people in candid, unscripted conversations about their perceptions of HIV. This is done by calling young people randomly and asking them questions to highlight their thoughts and experiences. Some exciting responses, check the READYCAST link to listen 🎧!