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Tanzania
HIV/AIDS Prevention Camp |
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You
Can Help GSC Create a Generation Free of AIDS In
Africa!
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Did
you know that the pre-teens and teenagers are
among the most vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in Africa?
Here’s how your
support will help students in Tanzania become
equipped to live healthy lives free from
HIV/AIDS!
During June, Global Service
Corps organizes a 3 week long Peer Education
HIV/AIDS Prevention, Health, and Life Skills Day
Camp. This Camp works with about 240 high school
students and teachers to help educate youth in
Tanzania about HIV/AIDS prevention. Volunteers
from abroad work with Tanzanian students to
learn strategies to mitigate the spread of
HIV/AIDS. These camps are designed to be an
interactive way for students to learn about
HIV/AIDS, prevention, relationships and
sexuality in a fun, creative, and ultimately
sustainable manner. Students then disseminate
information about HIV/AIDS, life skills, and
other health issues through peer health clubs at
their schools throughout the rest of the year.
Surveys make it clear that programs are needed
to move youth from awareness and knowledge to
actual behavior change. This is a primary goal
of these camps.
The Camp training is
coupled with a unique cultural exchange provided
by GSC volunteers. Through the Camp, GSC
volunteers work collaboratively with local
teachers, peer educators, and GSC staff
counterparts to teach a pre-designed education
curriculum over a three week period. Lessons
include: HIV/AIDS in Tanzania; Biology of
HIV/AIDS and the immune system; STDs; healthy
lifestyle choices; gender roles and life skills,
such as decision-making and
goal-setting.
At the conclusion of Camp,
students participate in a graduation ceremony:
in addition to receiving certificates of
completion, they present to the local community
through drama, song, dance and poems what they
have learned during Camp.
In addition to
training students to serve as peer educators,
the Camp's overall goal is to create a
sustainable forum for students to continue to
train fellow students. With the continued
support of their teachers and GSC, these peer
educators create school health clubs where they
continue the task of educating fellow students
in HIV/AIDS prevention and life skills. GSC is
now providing follow-up training throughout the
year.
In order for GSC to maintain this
vital work with the youth of Tanzania, we need
your help. Even from far away, you can help to
fight the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS and
assist in saving lives. Your support and
donation of any amount is needed now; with your
help we can send a Tanzanian student to Camp,
train and support a Camp counselor, buy lunches
for the students, and purchase supplies.
Please go to our online Secure Donation
Page accessible at: http://www.globalservicecorps.org/site/donate/
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