May 8th, 2025

On April 28th, the YoPA Soweto team hosted a vibrant recruitment event at the Jabulani Safe-Hub, welcoming youth aged 12–18, their parents, and key community stakeholders. The session offered an open platform for families to engage directly with the team, ask questions about the intervention, and learn more about YoPA’s goals, with the objective to register youth to be part of the next phase of the project. ✨

Parents had the opportunity to sign consent forms, officially welcoming a new group of young participants. The energy was high, the conversations meaningful — and this marks another important step toward community-driven change!

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April 18th, 2025

The YoPA coordinators in Portugal were interviewed in a “explainer video” recently.

February 17th, 2025

📢 Co-Creation in Action! ✨

In January, the YoPA Amsterdam team kickstarted the 2025 co-creation process by welcoming new participants into the Action Team.

The group, guided by facilitators from Amsterdam UMC, Jesse Vargas and Leto Demetriadou, learned about the research that was conducted by previous participants, and shared their own perspectives on these findings.

Through member-checking, we can continuously develop insights that are relevant to the local context together with our adolescent co-researchers! 💡

December 19th, 2024

🎉 YoPA’s First Year in Review!

As the project wraps up an incredible first year of interventions, it is thrilling to celebrate the milestones achieved with youth, communities, and partners across all sites. From co-creating vibrant activity-friendly neighbourhoods to sparking meaningful dialogues, it’s been an inspiring journey that has taught everyone a lot.

Watch now the 2nd official YoPA video:

Here’s to progress, partnership, and greater impact in 2025 and beyond! 🧡

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December 18th, 2024

On December 4th, 2024, the Soweto Youth Council (ages 12-17) gathered at the Jabulani Safe-Hub for a special end-of-year event hosted by the YoPA team.

The event was a heartfelt farewell, thanking the youth for their incredible participation in co-creating the project. Certificates of participation were handed out along with thoughtful gifts, and everyone enjoyed refreshments in a warm, celebratory atmosphere.

The youth expressed their gratitude, sharing how much they valued their involvement and how the project has become meaningful for their community’s future.

A big thank you to the Soweto Youth Council for their dedication and to our host partner, Jabulani Safe-Hub, for making this day memorable!

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