The Link Up project was a collaborative effort from Frontline AIDS, the Athena Network, the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), Marie Stopes International, the Population Council, and STOP AIDS NOW!. Link Up was developed to help those looking to enable young people most affected by HIV to:
Understand and claim their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and
Access youth-friendly, integrated services.

Link Up’s mentoring programme was designed to build the confidence of young people to participate in policy processes, and to help identify and expand the knowledge, leadership skills, and abilities they feel they need to meaningfully participate in advocating for their priorities. It enables young people to become mentors for their peers, enabling all those involved to benefit from one another’s knowledge, experience and perceptions.

This toolkit was developed in collaboration with young advocates and draws on their diverse experiences of working in communities to advance their rights. It consists of three parts:

• Step Up, Link Up, Speak Up: A facilitator’s guide for a workshop on mentoring for youth advocacy
• Step Up, Link Up, Speak Up: A tool to support mentoring for youth advocacy
• Mentoring for Youth Advocacy Workshop Powerpoint 

All resources are available in English and French from Frontline AIDS.