First and perhaps most importantly young people themselves will be involved at every stage of the project as is their right. This not only fulfil the need for child participation but ensure that the project is tailored to meet their real and specific needs and so is appropriate for bringing about the desired behaviour change in sexual issues and handling of reproductive health.

Use o peer educators moves away form the classroom structure to a more informal approach. Since the peer education session is like a discussion between friends as young people open up dialogue among themselves and can communicate accurate SRH, HIV and other STI information to their peers in turn. The involvement also of parents, caregivers and traditional SRHR providers ensured the spread of a uniform message of openness and accurate information. As everyone has the same message SRHR will not just end in the session but young people can get confirmation within the community also of the positivity of their sexuality and the need for proper reproductive health care. Even when the project ends the practice of open dialogue will remain with the community.

Also the project will be implemented through existing support structures, which include schools, DCCP units, VCs and traditional establishments; hence guaranteeing sustainability and continuity of intervention even when external support phases out. Human resource capacities are all members of the local communities who can be expected to continue spearheading the established support mechanisms and bicycle support to peer educators and focal point teachers will sustain psychosocial support and information provision to young people and their households. ANPPCAN Zambia will integrate the project in its programming and replicate the ‘model’ to other schools and communities as the organisation expands to other geographical areas. In addition, contribution and synergy from other projects (Save the children Sweden and, ILO-IPEC HIV/AIDS and Child labour) will significantly contribute to sustainability of the project intervention.

They are also part of District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCCs) in order to push for issues that affect children and child friendly policies in the DCCC meeting in which coordinates all district development programs and this makes them better placed to push for any issues including lobbying for resources from the local authority as one of the long term sustainability strategies.