Money was the motivator: and evaluation of the integration of a matched-savings program into a HIV prevention program for street-connected young people in Eldoret, Kenya

Abstract

• We integrated a matched-savings program conditional on attendance into an adapted HIV prevention intervention for street-connected young people in Eldoret, Kenya. • The integration of the matched-savings program had the following aims: • Give street-connected young people an economic boost to start an income generating activity (IGA) • Secure livelihoods to reduce structural drivers of street-connected young people’s HIV-risk OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and explore outcomes of the savings program