Using the power of soccer to fight HIV/AIDS

The one week schools short break provided an ample opportunity to implement ‘Make The Cut’ activities which is a supplement of the weekly Skillz Kenya, HIV awareness education in schools. Targeting adolescent boys with an aim of promoting voluntary medical male circumcision, the activities were conducted in different community areas including the outskirts of Nairobi with hundreds of adolescent boys being referred to various clinics for circumcision services. “I didn’t know that going for VMMC services reduces the chances of getting HIV, now that I know I will go for the services at my nearest clinic.” Said 19 old Juma.

New Partnership with Kenya Community Development Foundation

As a new partner to Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) in implementing livelihood program, VAP formed part of the team that was invited to Beacon of Hope for a series of trainings, peer learning and experience sharing. Through KCDF’s livelihood grant, the main aim is to be more deliberate in strengthening all partner organizations’ resource mobilization, communication, marketing and branding among other things. A visit to Beacon of Hope was of great exposure to share and learn about their great success in implementing social enterprise models alongside their other initiatives, using their own resources to fund some of their own activities hence ensuring sustainability.VAP integrates graduates of its lifeskills and social programs into economic empowerment courses hence enabling the participants to be economically independent.