| Duby et al. 2021
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Building self-esteem, social confidence Empowerment, self-worth and self-respect Improved well-being and coping through communicating emotions
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“The clubs helped my self-esteem… (participating in the clubs) really helped, a lot… for me to feel that my self-esteem is better.” AGYW 15–18 years “The club helped me gain confidence” AGYW 15–18 years “The Rise Club awareness has taught use to respect ourselves as women… you must respect your own body to show others that they must respect you as a woman. “I was taught to open up, and now I can speak up for myself and I stop keeping quiet” I used to say I prefer to stay alone with my problem, and it stresses me… but in these programmes, sharing, talking… it helped me… to share my story.
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| Ferris France et al. 2023
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Self-confidence and self-agency Sense of purpose and meaning in life Body positivity Improved communication and personal/family relationships Self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others
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“After the training I learnt that there is nothing I cannot do, and I can do it” Male 21 years, FGD “It was only after Wakakosha when I realised that I should be proud of my body” Female 23 years, IDI
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| Harrison et al., 2023
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An eye-opening and powerful experience, combating feelings of isolation Combating stigma and uninformed attitudes, finding support and acceptance in the support group
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“I mean, it is nice to have a group of people with the same illness, but to me I feel like it is nice to get to chat with people with different illnesses because you hear different experiences from them and even though we may think that it is different, but we have many similarities and things that we go through.” (PID 00001, Male age 20, living with renal disease) “I live with this thing that cannot be cured. …But I learned to accept it because I thought to myself, you know what? I can look at this from a different point of view. I thought about so many people who are out there successful, who are HIV positive. Because it does not mean a death sentence when you are HIV positive. (PID 00015; Female Age 22, living with HIV.”
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| Mathias et al., 2019
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“At the group we played with balloons and likewise, we now play balloon games with the children at our home. When three or four of us got together we laughed and then we felt happy.” “There was one girl who used to be very quiet and not speak but through coming to this group she now speaks confidently…This change happened in her because she could share easily with us about her problems, and because of playing games and doing role plays.”
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| Merrill et al., 2023
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“Sometimes even on our own you have a certain stigma. You feel embarrassed. You don’t feel free in your own life. But for me, [the program] has taught me a lot. I can even stand in public and talk about my status with confidence.” Female 24 years old “Project YES! has actually opened my eyes to see we are not alone. I am not alone.” Male 21 years
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