By Enouce Ndeche | Principle
Graduation
Despite the bumpy ride occasioned by covid-19 measures and restrictions, a feeling of great joy and celebration was what crowded the minds of young lads from Mathare North primary school after completion of Skillz Mabeste ‘HIV awareness program’ that targets young people in primary schools. With some normalcy creeping in, program interventions are now conducted as an after school program during extra-curricular activities though still under observations. “Now I know how HIV is being transmitted and I also know how to prevent HIV.It’s important to talk about it openly with my friends and the community and help those people who are living with HIV.” Said 13 years old Nahashon from Mathare primary school.
Mental Health Counselors
In the wake of Covid-19 outbreak, a total of 8 VAP’s coaches were trained and certified to become mental health counselors and psycho social support care givers. The trainings have been so timely as most of the youth have been grappling with mental illness coupled with other disorders driven by the after math of covid-19 that has affected both their social and economic lifestyles. The one day training touched on various critical topics such as: self-awareness, developmental stages with key focus on psychoanalytic and Eric Erickson theories. In self-awareness, counselors learnt important background information on what makes up one’s personality and why personality defects are more likely to reduce one’s capacity to grow and develop as human-beings. Throughout the training, counselors got a better understanding of themselves, achieved their personal goals and ready to serve the youth in different programs as well as the entire community. “The knowledge I have gained will be additional to my current skills and will position me adequately to provide total support to the youth and the community, especially this covid time and beyond.” Said 20 years old Judy.
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