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HIV/AIDS School Education Action Days

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This 2-day programme addresses government primary schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in an effort to raise awareness and provide information about HIV/AIDS to pupils in different age groups. Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT) runs the programme together with the Holistic HIV/AIDS Related Program (HARP), which focuses on HIV testing and counseling, legal aid, medical services, and orphan matters.
Communication Strategies

The project aims to reach 184 primary schools within Dar es Salaam. Each school is visited twice for one day by the CCBRT team. This team consists of 43 full-time CCBRT staff. These are 20 HIV field educators, 3 logistic personnel, and 20 professional animators who bring theatre, songs, steel band music, and other types of animation to the schools. The content of the animation, in particular, is prepared specifically for this programme and geared toward creating awareness and providing proper information on HIV/AIDS to the different age groups.


There is an interval of one week between the 2 teaching days. During a shorter third intervention, 2 teachers travel back to each school to specifically address the parents on HIV/AIDS-related issues, and to seek their feedback about the HIV education that was provided to their children.

Development Issues

HIV/AIDS, Children, Youth.

Key Points

Engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS since 1994, CCBRT was asked by the government to develop a project proposal for creating awareness on HIV/AIDS issues in all primary schools of the Dar es Salaam region and, if possible, elsewhere as well. The first school presentation took place in February 2001. With assistance from CCBRT, school staff developed booklets for distribution to pupils aged 13 years and older.

Partners

The Royal Netherlands Embassy, CCBRT, HARP.

Sources

CCBRT site.