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Building Capacity of vulnerable girls in Malawi
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I have been working in HIV/Aids prevention programs among the youths for the past eight years. I am so passionate for the young people more especially girls and young women who are most of the times victim of abuse, sexual exploitation and lack adequate education on SEXUALITY and HIV/Aids.

Most girls targeted in this campaign are those denied of the opportunity to higher education and are forced to premature marriages and get married to elderly men who had had multiple sexual partners. Unfortunately their marriages do not last long and are dumped and left with big responsibilities of caring for their siblings. Sex becomes a means of survival for these girls and this again increases probable to HIV exposure. Some of the girls have dropped out of school because they are involved in caring for their sick parents or have shoulder the responsibility of caring for younger brothers and sisters (after parent demise). This campaign will also target in school girls so that they are adequately skilled and be able to make wise and informed choices and decisions.

This campaign intends to reach 50 girls as direct beneficiaries and 400 girls indirectly.

Project Progress (15-30 June 2008)
1. Establishment of three girls clubs.
Three clubs has been established so far and these are Manja volunteer girls club, Misesa young women for change and Che Nsomba club. The clubs have elected their leaders and established rules and norms for their clubs. Members of these clubs will be involved in voluntarism and will be recruited as peer educators to have a multiplier effect. I believe young people can easily learn and believe from their peers and the trained Peer Educators will be expected to reach out to more girls and young women on HIV/Aids issues, sexuality, gender and women’s right.

The next course of action is the actual Peer Education Training.

2. Planning meetings.
Planning sessions have been taking place with girls involved in this project and community members (parents and local leadership). Basically this activity was aimed at identifying information gaps and better understand sexual and reproductive health needs of girls. This exercise was helpful in designing training manual (content and style) and preparing for other IEC materials.

Training manual is being finalized

June 30, 2008 | 3:22 AM Comments  0 comments

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