OROL meaning Our Rights Our life is a registered nonprofit youth led-initiative that empowers young people especially underprivileged ones on sexual and reproductive health and HIV and AIDS issues through trainings, workshops, school and community education and campaigns. OROL has 15 Executive members, 25 Non executive members and over 35 volunteers and its located in Federal Capital territory Nigeria. The organization is been directed and managed by Opeyemi Falilu Agbaje ( Founder), an advocate, a demographer and a social worker with 7 years experience in sexual and reproductive health works

Mission: OROL’S mission is to educate and empower young people especially underprivileged ones with the right information about sexual and reproductive health issues, empower them to make informed choices, also how they can take full control of their bodies, decision- Making power and self-esteem OROL was founded over two years ago by Opeyemi Falilu Agbaje with the support of other young people when they were serving as youth corps member in Amuwo Odofin Lagos Nigeria. OROL has been officially incorporated as OROL youth empowerment initiative but was commonly known as OROL Foundation in various communities. Its board legally changed the name of the organization to include a better description of its mission i.e. OROL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

Following nearly two and half decades of the emergence of the HIV/AIDS as a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, HIV has spread to become a generalized and matured epidemic affecting all population groups and geographic areas of the country especially among young people such as orphans, homeless and handicaps. Research has shown it that orphans and other underprivileged young people such as homeless, disabled and young people in and out of schools are vulnerable to HIV infections and other sexual infections because of their unmet needs and the vulnerabilities to HIV of persons with disabilities constitute approximately 15.6% (11.8-18.0%) of the world’s population. They are at the center of HIV/AIDS epidemic; because of lack of care, support, information and empowerment.

(1) To implement effective educational interventions targeted at young people age 11-19 that can prevent the spread of HIV /AIDS in Six schools Ifelodun/Ajeromi Local Government Area of Lagos and 1 school awareness days at each of the secondary schools reaching at least 500 students in total (2)To plant HIV and AIDS awareness sign stones and plates in all the targeted Secondary Schools compounds and classrooms. (3)To organize series community campaigns on HIV and AIDS prioritizing young people reaching out to at least 300 young people out of schools. (4)To train 5 groups of young people of 5 members each from the targeted Schools of Ifelodun/Ajeromi Local Government Area on HIV/AIDS awareness raising strategies on prevention and care (5) To establish a psychosocial care and support program for orphans and vulnerable children(OVC) reach out to at least 200 orphans (6)Monitoring & Evaluation process implemented throughout the project

The project here is designed for young people in and out of higher secondary schools, orphans and homeless children and handicaps age group 10-19. The project offers a sustainable solution for continued reduction in HIV/AIDS infections. It offers them correct, clear, consistent and culturally appropriate information about HIV/AIDS, psychosocial support. Activities and services packaged include project promotion and advocacy, awareness building, training, monitoring, and other measures supporting informed participation of Project beneficiaries, communities, and stakeholders .It also help them to build self esteem, worth and awareness. To date, the services offered to vulnerable children and young people by non- governmental and community-based organizations have not been creatively implemented. One of the main strategies adopted by OROL has been the building of the capacity of its members on these issues through training and membership-lever forum. These members will act as catalysts in the empowerment of the wider community. Other strategies are social and resource mobilization, partnership with other actors involved including the community members to enhance our work. We also use songs, drama, role-play and participatory learning to empower the target populations. After a successful first year of operating the empowerment program reaching out to over 700 young people, we are looking to sustain and expand the program further for another one year because the effectiveness of the program depends on the sustainability of the program.

WE CHOOSE LIFE target market are young people, communities, families and vulnerable children such as orphans, homeless and young people age 10-19 who are going through stress and problems such as poverty, discrimination, unstable homes, and academic life and other young people vulnerable to HIV and AIDS, are the primary marketing focus of WE CHOOSE LIFE. Competitor are other Non governmental organizations, civil society organizations and community based organizations and we are different from them because we are young people and our innovation is effective because we use creative means such as song, drama and role play to empower out target groups and the mains challenges they pose to our success is that they have access to more donors and they have been existing for many years