Tanzania Focal Person. MEA Youth Strategic Partner – Y Plus Global

Cyprian is a Tanzanian, 27 year old, holding a Bachelor of Science in applied agro-extension with Education. Graduate of certificate in comprehensive sexuality education and HIV/AIDS and advocacy monitoring and evaluation. Trained on advocacy, gender and human rights. Passionate HIV youth advocate and young researcher , currently serving as a board Member of Eastern African National Network for AIDS and Health Service organization (EANNASO) and working at the Network of young people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania as youth advocacy and campaigns manager and country focal person for READY+ program by Yplus and frontline AIDS.

Successful mobilized young people living with HIV both out of school and in-school to identify service delivery changing needs while pushing for changes on policies that respond to the realities and needs and build peer capacities through sharing testimonials, training and social media platforms. He also advocates for ethical and meaningful engagement of young people living with HIV in their diversity to decisions that affect our lives to accelerate HIV response. Focuses on closing the prevention and treatment gaps while addressing human rights, gender equality and social-structural barriers that hinder access to services.

He was Selected to represent Youth Living HIV in COP22 and COP23 for PEPFAR, Represented young people from tanzania in international AIDS conference 2022(AIDS2022) in montreal, Canada and sexual violence research initiative 2022 (SVRI2022) in cancun, Mexico. Couched fellow youth on advocacy and impacted them with knowledge and experience while he Believes in the power of diverse opinions of young people but with a unified voice to influence changes responding to our needs.