Population Connection

“The form 990 was prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by the president and board members. A copy of the final 990 was given to the entire board prior to filing with the irs.”

“Population connection monitors and enforces compliance of a written conflict of interest policy with its board of directors and staff members. Directors and staff are required to periodically disclose conflicts, should they arise. If a conflict arises, it is brought immediately to the attention of both the chair and the president. If the board is to take action in such a situation, the person having a conflict does not participate in the final deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration and, after providing all relevant information regarding the matter, retires from the proceedings and room in which the board is meeting and does not participate in the vote. When there is doubt as to whether a conflict exists, such matter is resolved by the board in an official vote, excluding from the vote the person who may have a conflict. The board seeks such outside counsel or legal advice as it deems necessary in order to better enable it to make a decision.”

“Comparable data was used by the board to determine the ceo's salary. Similar organizations were examined to ascertain comparable levels of compensation for officers and key employees. The executive committee of the board determines the ceo's salary and then is presented to the whole board. The decision is documented. The last compensation review took place in may 2024.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“Stretchers youth organization: stretchers, is a membership, youth-led community-based nonprofit that promotes health rights, good governance, and gender equality among indigenous youth and women in underserved sections of kenya. Stretchers works on integration of capacity building, as well as advocacy and information sharing through linkage to services for a sustainable society. The group's goals: improve health, governance, gender equality, and sustainability make it an excellent partner for population connection. In 2022, the adolescents and youth empowerment for health advocacy project (ayeha) took up the mantle, seeking to bridge the information gap for adolescents and young people about all health issues. The young people themselves drove the specific needs that they wanted to address. Adolescents and young people are at the forefront, and actively contribute suggestions and concerns. The ayeha project focuses on comprehensive sexuality education, human rights, gender equality, and empowerment. In 2023, stretchers launched the second phase of the project in mombasa and kwale county, leveraging previous accomplishments while introducing innovative approaches to address identified issues. Ultimately, stretchers strategic goal for the next year is to contribute to the improved health and well-being of adolescents and young people. Among stretchers 2023 achievements were the following: - adolescents learned about family planning and committed to educating their peers on responsible usage, addressing concerns related to emergency pill misuse. - 3 schools across mombasa county expressed interest in mentorship sessions, with current 70% of participants requesting additional sessions in their schools. - mentorship sessions empowered students to become peer educators, sharing knowledge gained from these sessions with their friends. - the project forged robust partnerships between stretchers youth organization, other csos, and ayp coordinators, actively participating in community forums. - adolescents voiced their concerns and submitted them to key figures, such as the office of the governor nairobi county, women representative nairobi county, and cabinet secretary for youth affairs, sports, and arts, during the girl summit event. - the girl summit event facilitated valuable partnerships between stretchers youth organization, the national government, nairobi county government, and local stakeholders. Early in 2023, we informed the global partners that we'd consider applications for funding to attend conferences. Giving ngos the ability to attend and sometimes have the opportunity to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars, etc. Is a positive aspect of getting to know them. Conferences offer a global partner a chance to network with their peers in-country and outside of their country, many of these ngos are located in similar locations, and thus face similar challenges. Conferences give our organizations the opportunit y to network with experts in the field or researching qualitative and quantitative areas. Meeting people working in ngos on issues similar to those of the global partners may provide new and different approaches to a variety of continued issues. Networking can reify the gp's current activity, and help see the "big picture," putting their environmental, women's, children's work, etc., into context. This july 2024, we'll be sponsoring the executive director of stretchers youth organization. Dickson okong'o will attend the international aids conference which in munich. Dickson will not only attend an event of 15,000+ attendees, he'll participate in a workshop about best practices in sexual and reproductive health and rights training. We expect him to report back, and we're confident the event itself, and participating in this workshop, will provide dickson with plenty of new ideas. Nasaruni academy for maasai girls: while the global partner program was initiated in 2020, it wasn't until 2022 that the grant-giving”

“Population connection is very happy with all the ngos we funded for 2023. They've succeeded against the odds and a range of challenges to do amazing things. Our grants are mainly extended to ngos who have small staffs, small budgets, and few resources. Nonetheless, we believe we've chosen some excellent, creative, persistent, and resourceful nonprofits working on issues that impact population, like the environment, access to women's health care, and ultimately women's empowerment.”