HIV and AIDS Training Toolkit

This educational resource from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) includes training booklets, activities, and newsletters about projects from five member organisations in Brazil, India, Kenya, Malawi, and Peru. Due to the scope of this training material, the audience expands beyond members of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is written for youth leaders, teachers, and other trainers working with children and youth. It is produced by WAGGGS with support from the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and was launched at the WAGGGS World Conference and the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, 2008. This resource will provide WAGGGS member organisations with training support for leaders and trainers. Its purpose is to help girls and young women increase their knowledge of HIV and AIDS to reduce infection rates.

Additional materials, 3 kinds of woven badges to be earned through girls' efforts to increase their knowledge of HIV and AIDS, are available as well. The toolkit supports planning for the World Thinking Day, held each year on February 22, which offers Girl Guides and Girl Scouts the opportunity to think about their colleagues and peers around the world and encourages them to use their creativity and leadership to help.