Young people, particularly marginalized youth, are vulnerable to engaging in risky drug using and sexual behavior that may lead to a number of harms. Young people who use drugs are often discriminated against reducing employment and education opportunities. Marginalization is often exacerbated by misguided policies that further harms rather than protecting and supporting health and development.The project aims to address this issue in Portugal, Mexico, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal with three components: peer education targeted at young people from vulnerable communities; policy analysis and engagement; and the development of a network and sharing of good practices through an online platform. AIMTo promote healthy behaviors of young people, particularly those from vulnerable communities through peer education and youth policy that promotes health and wellbeing of vulnerable youth.OBJECTIVES• Increase young people’s knowledge on drug use, sexual health and HIV prevention;• Enable young people to make informed choices about their drug use and sexual behavior through skills development;• Provide positive experiences for young people which contribute towards their personal development;• Raise awareness of policies that impact young people, encourage critical thinking and participation, and develop policy recommendations.• Create a sustainable global network of youth organizations to share good practices.PROJECT OUTCOMES:• 100 young people from 5 countries trained on HIV prevention, sexual health, reduction of drug related harm;• Skills gained in promoting healthy behaviors in their community, leadership skills, peer education;• 100 participants trained on policy development and critical analysis of policies that impact them; • Policy recommendations developed in 5 countries by young people;• Online platform for networking and sharing of good practices developed;• Sustainable network of youth org