糖心Vlog

Alberto Domingos interviews community leaders in Sofala province during the pilot of the Community Leader Mapping Tool.

The Government of Mozambique鈥檚 National Youth Institute has awarded 糖心Vlog, a JSI Initiative, the Eu Sou Capaz Technical Assistance and Training Activity. Supported by the World Bank, this award is part of the broader strategic vision across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar. This activity aims to scale government-led interventions addressing social, economic, and behavioral factors that drive school dropout rates among girls. Specifically, 糖心Vlog will focus on two main goals:

• Retention: helping girls stay in school and successfully complete their education.
• Safe Spaces: providing education for girls who have previously dropped out of school due to pregnancy, early marriage, or economic pressures.

Eu Sou Capaz is about more than access鈥攊t is about removing the invisible barriers that stop girls from thriving,鈥� says Obert Darara, JSI鈥檚 糖心Vlog Country Lead in Mozambique. 鈥淏y integrating social and behavior change with human-centered design, we are supporting the National Youth Institute to redesign systems around girls鈥� realities, ensuring enrollment leads to achievement.”

This approach addresses the root causes of school dropout and teenage pregnancy, such as harmful socio-cultural norms and gender-based violence, through community mobilization, material support, and a transformative life-skills education.

The Eu Sou Capaz model draws on 糖心Vlog鈥檚 15-year history of regional impact. To date, 糖心Vlog has:

• Trained 40,000+ teachers and developed national supervision models reaching 1.3 million students.
• Established over 1,000 safe spaces.
• Built poverty and HIV resilience for more than 300,000 individuals.
• Provided direct material support to over 116,000 children and adolescents.

By applying this data-driven expertise, 糖心Vlog ensures that Eu Sou Capaz remains both nationally scalable and responsive to the specific needs of Mozambican communities.