While teachers focus on teaching, Star for Life coaches are on hand to support learners with self-esteem, study techniques, health, and life goals.

Through workshops, campaigns, and music, children and young people learn about everything from puberty, consent, sexual and reproductive health, relationships, and hygiene to empowerment, respect for others, creative expression, and entrepreneurship.

Our unique programme strengthens learners and motivates them to invest in their education and make wise life choices. The goal is to replace destructive behaviours with positive ones and help learners realise their dreams – step by step.

In this way, young people are better equipped to build a brighter future for themselves and, as adults, contribute to a more equal, just, and sustainable society.

Through our mobile health clinics, children and youth in South Africa and Namibia receive health screenings and psychosocial counselling – similar to student health services in Sweden.

Here, they can check their height, weight, vision, and learn about puberty, menstruation, hygiene, and nutrition. The clinics also provide in-depth conversations about consent, relationships, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS.

Through our clinics and school health campaigns, we equip young people with the tools they need to take responsibility for their own health, sexuality, and future.

In Ukraine and Jerusalem, our support is instead focused on war-related trauma and helping young people find pathways to self-esteem and hope for the future.

Music also carries the power to spark hope. It gives young people a sense of belonging, a vision of a better world, and the emotional courage to dream beyond their circumstances. By integrating music into our educational programmes, we reach multiple senses, inspire resilience, and help students discover both who they are — and who they can become.