Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Round 3 Findings

Adolescents in Tanzania face many barriers to safe transitions to adulthood, including health-related risks, barriers to schooling, and lack of livelihood opportunities. Poverty is a driver of poor educational opportunities and health-related risks, including early pregnancy, gender-based violence and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV. Social protection, including cash transfers, is a leading tool in the fight against poverty and has also shown potential in facilitating safe transitions to adulthood.