Teachers Eradicating AIDS: Coalition for Health in Kenya

Every Teacher an AIDS Educator

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The effect of HIV/AIDS on the African continent and other parts of the world demands innovative strategies that will maximize existing resources in combating a crisis of unprecedented proportions. Project TEACH is a unique collaborative that involves communities in a grassroots approach to disseminating information about HIV/AIDS. The goal of Project TEACH is that every primary school teacher in Kenya should be a HIV/AIDS educator. Teachers participate in a 10-session training conducted by the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors. Through this training, teachers learn some core counseling skills that facilitate optimal delivery of the government mandated HIV/AIDS curriculum. The teachers in turn are given the mandate to 'spread the word' through a variety of Community Activity Projects that they design and implement with different groups in their own communities.

Contact: Muthoni Musangali & Ned Robinson