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Need: Sexual Behaviour and HIV Prevention Amongst Youth

by erica | June 17, 2009 at 6:15 AM | Funding

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In-School Initiatives to Compliment Mass Media Strategies for Safer Sexual Behaviour and HIV Prevention Amongst Cameroonian Youth.

Country
CAMEROON

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The target population is rural and urban middle school students in the North- West and South West Regions of Cameroon. The overall goal of the project is to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and STIs among youth in Cameroon.

Objectives

* To increase the HIV/AIDS awareness of middle school students in North-West and South-West Regions of Cameroon and cultivate self-confidence and healthy attitudes toward their own physical and emotional development during puberty as well as encouraging a positive attitude to people living with HIV.
* To build the capacity of teachers within 2 000 middle schools in North-West and South-West regions to better understand and respond to the sexual health needs of their students.
* To provide an enabling environment through advocacy initiatives to key local educational policy makers and headmasters, including a study tour to Cameroon and experience-sharing workshops.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION NO MATTER HOW SMALL WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE,

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING OTHER BETTER WORLDS

ERICA

Comments

Erica,
Keep the members posted with updates to your projects so that people feel involved and become partners in your project.

You might like to connect with a member, Ada Helen Ngoh, who works for Cameroon radio television
http://www.worldpulse.com/user/1404
Do keep us posted.

Best,

Laura

Hi Laura,

Thanks for your enthusiasm to get involve ,network and partnering in our project.The project is to begin on the 1st of July-1O July 2009 in Bamenda North-West Region with capacity building.Training local educators especially young girls,teachers ,students and policy makers during holidays from rural communities on sexual behavior and HIV and AIDS. It will cover topics that march in line with our objectives.

To increase the HIV/AIDS awareness of middle school students in North-West and South-West Regions of Cameroon and cultivate self-confidence and healthy attitudes toward their own physical and emotional development during puberty as well as encouraging a positive attitude to people living with HIV.
* To build the capacity of teachers within 2 000 middle schools in North-West and South-West regions to better understand and respond to the sexual health needs of their students.
* To provide an enabling environment through advocacy initiatives to key local educational policy makers and headmasters, including a study tour to Cameroon and experience-sharing workshops.

We are currently seeking support for this project which is geared to occupy and empower students during holidays and enable them to be conscious of their sexual behavior and HIV-AIDS.They will carry the shills acquired during the training to their various localities of our outreach project.

We are therefore seeking sponsors and partners for this project.

Your contribution and those of others will be high solicited to make this pro gramme a reality.

We look forward to your kind support and partnership.

Hope you help us get sponsors and partners for this life changing project.

Best regards

Erica