Physical Health Rwanda Project #8861

HIV/AIDS avoidance in 150 Village young people

by Rwanda Village Community Promoters (RVCP)

HIV/AIDS avoidance in 150 Village young people

Project Report | Feb 19, 2013
WORLD AIDS DAY CAMPAIGN 2012

By JEAN DAMASCENE UWIZEYIMANA | Director of HIV/AIDS awareness in RVCP

HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing-VCT

The 1 December brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. The day is an opportunity for public and private partners to spread awareness about the status of the pandemic and encourage progress in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in high prevalence countries and around the world.The 2012 theme is -- and will be until 2015"Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths". The World AIDS Campaign focus on "Zero AIDS related deaths" signifies a push towards greater access to treatment for all; a call for governments to act now.

RVCP through its HIV/AIDS awareness, reproductive and family planning in collaboration with UNIVERSITY LEAGUE FOR AIDS CONTROL (LUCS),carried out the world AIDS day campaign 2012 in Huye district of Rwanda from 26th to 27th January 2013.The event was postponed to this date because of funds issues.The event was targeting young people with disabilities especially in Huye district.During the Campaign,there were HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing(VCT) and Condom demonstration.

Condom Demonstration

Group discussion

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Nov 19, 2012
Teaching sessions in Villages

By Emmanuel Bakundukize | Project Leader

RVCP Volunteer during the teaching session

Goal: The overall aims and objectives of RVCP is to provide sustainable improvement

In the health and living conditions of underprivileged communities through health Promotion with an emphasis on self-reliance, active and responsible participation. RVCP seeks to work with the most disadvantaged villages in the Rwanda. The Project is specifically aimed at developing the skills and knowledge of the Anti-HIV/AIDS clubs in problem solving, project management, and promoting greater awareness of responsible sexual behavior. The ultimate goal is to reduce the prevalence of sexually related health problems, with the intention of spreading awareness to the greater community through the training of young people. The project is set in Southern Province of Rwanda.

Objectives:

Educating the youth in different issues of HIV/AIDS, STIs and responsible sexual behavior, as well as informing about anatomy and physiology of the genitals, reproductive health, family planning, treatment and care for those living with HIV/AIDS, and voluntary HIV-testing and counseling.
To encourage ABC methods (Abstinence, be faithful, use of contraceptives/condoms).
Fight against sexual violence.

Promote vocational skills generate employment; install responsibility and innovative thinking with the clubs.

An emphasis is put on community involvement and integration, particularly of those Youths affected by HIV/AIDS, to ease stigma and enabling the clubs to provide basic help to their HIV/AIDS positive members.

Teaching sessions

The topics covered in sessions include: Anatomy and the physiology of the genitals, love and sexual relationships, HIV/AIDS (symptoms, methods of transmission, prevention, promoting voluntary HIV-testing) educating about reproductive health, responsible sexual behavior, HIV/AIDS& gender and sexual violence, treatment for and care of people living with HIV/AIDS as well as sexual transmitted infections (STIs) and family planning.

Group Discussions

Presentation by some Club members

Poem presentation

Song presentation

International Participants from BVDA(UK)

Links:

Rwanda Village Concept Project

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Aug 29, 2012
FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS IN VILLAGE YOUNG PEOPLE

By Emmanuel Bakundukize | Project Coordinator

Village Young People in Tournament

The RVCP through a project “Youth Health Education Project (YHEP)” is carrying out the football tournaments in southern province of Rwanda. This plan was designed for village young people to strengthen their abilities to improve their health conditions. Youth club football teams are promoted as a tool for empowerment and education. The youth club football teams at tournaments are taught about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS awareness. The RVCP through a project “Youth Health Education Project (YHEP)” is carrying out the football tournaments in southern province of Rwanda. This plan was designed for village young people to strengthen their abilities to improve their health conditions. Youth club football teams are promoted as a tool for empowerment and education.

The youth club football teams at tournaments are taught about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS awareness.

The participation of the community is an essential aspect in implementing the projects and, more generally, in providing basic health care. The key actors are people from the community. Through this they are empowered, gaining greater self-reliance and more active responsibilities additionally improving their own health. They are therefore involved in all stages of the Projects; from initial planning through to the evaluation.

“Governmental and nongovernmental organizations at all levels could do much more to help people especially in village youth, change their behavior to avoid HIV and AIDS”

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

- To effectively use University volunteers in empowering rural village young people

- To create and strengthen youth club football teams through community visits, mobilization and education.

- To eradicate misconception about HIV/AIDS and cultural norms which lower the status of HIV infected individuals

- To provide the means of HIV/AIDS protection through distributing condoms and visual and reading materials at football tournaments

- To collaborate with urban VCT centers for volunteers to organize mobile VCT services in Huye district

This Tournament 2012 was funded by AECS-Catalonia

Emmanuel Bakundukize,discussing with the Community

HIV awareness Director doing Condom demonstration

Links:

http://rvcp.weebly.com/aecs-in-rwanda.html

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