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As part of the improvement and acquisition of best practices in sexual and reproductive health for adolescents and youth for healthcare workers, Service Yezu Mwiza in partnership with care International Burundi organized a coaching workshop for healthcare workers from Youth- Friendly Health Centers of Rukina and Mubone from 13 to 15 May 2020.

After evaluating the results of the first four years of joint program implementation, a reorganization of the project was set up by the donor to reach a greater number of actors and young people under Global School Approach (GSA) and Global Community Approach (GCA).
The training of healthcare workers in the two health centre Rukina and Mubone began by sharing of information on barrier measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. Then after recalling the objectives of joint program, its components and achievements over the past four years, participants then expressed their expectations from that workshop that they will have acquired skills and capacities that will enable them to significantly improve the quality of SRH services offered to the youths who attend the two youth-friendly healthcare centre.

In both communities, a total of 15 participants, consisting of health care providers, community health workers, youth network members and zone chief who represented the administration, at, attended the workshop. That workshop allowed all participants to understand that they must come together but also the part of each one so that the project can bring lasting results. At the healthcare centre level, the incumbents will be driving all these activities. Their commitment must draw the other actors, whether in their services or in the community (community health workers).

Participants appreciated the approach as it involves all stakeholders in SRH services for youth. One of the participants promised to roll up their sleeves to reinvigorate the activities at the youth- friendly healthcare level and in the community and urged other participants to get actively involved in order to improve ASRH services:
"This training made us aware that before we were providing services to young people without taking into account their needs or their rights in terms of SRH, we treated them as if they were sick and this prevented them from attending to our structure. From now on, we will create a conducive learning environment by setting a specific schedule for these young people so that they can return to our youth-friendly healthcare centre and there will always be a staff available for them to meet their needs. We all have to join our efforts, by that I mean the youth-friendly healthcare centre, the community and the schools for the well-being of our youth", said Aude Nahayo, Rukina healthcare centre holder.