• Health Education for Learning and Practice (HELP)
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Target Group(s):             
High School Teachers and Adolescents

Sponsor(s):                     
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Islamabad

Year:                              
2002-2003

Location:                        
Lahore

Summary of main activities:         

    Signing of MOUs with school administration

    Training Workshops for Teachers on HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis

    Training Workshops for Adolescents (students of classes 7th to 10th) on Health, Hygiene, HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis

    7 Days Training Workshops of Activists on Skills Development

    Follow up of the Trained Activists

    Refresher Courses for Activists

    Experience sharing meeting with Activists

    World AIDS Day Commemoration


    Likely Impact:                                              

                Behavior

    Capacity Building

    Adopting preventive measures of HIV/AIDS

      More acceptable to HIV+ve persons

      Increase in self-confidence among students

      Willingness to work for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in schools, families and community through organizing different activities

      Concept of volunteer work adopted by Activists

    Increase in knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS

      Evolution of Adolescent Activists Network (AAN)

      Acting as Secondary Resource Persons (Volunteer Activists)

      Skills development on communication, facilitation, motivation, presentation, planning and management

      Has facilitated sessions on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and Hamari Shat with students, truck drivers, peers, Bank Employee, T& T staff and factory workers (female) etc.,

      Represented youth on different local and national forums on HIV/AIDS