• Health Promotion in Adolescents
    for HIV/AIDS Prevention
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Target Group(s):          
High School Teachers and Adolescents

Sponsor(s):                  
Save the Children Fund (UK), Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Year:                           
1999-2001

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 activities by Activists

    Refresher Courses for Activists

    Experience Sharing meetings of Activists

    World AIDS Day Commemoration


    Likely Impact:                                              

    Behavior

    Capacity Building

    Adopting preventive measures of HIV/AIDS

    More acceptable to HIV+ve persons

    Increased self-confidence among students

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

    Increase in knowledge  regarding HIV/AIDS

    Acting as Secondary Resource Persons on “Hamari Sehat aur HIV/AIDS”

    Skills development on communication, planning and management

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