Public Health Education
This project's goal is to establish and train teams of volunteers from a local university that can conduct HIV/AIDS Awareness workshops in the city of Nyala. The volunteers will receive training, curriculum support, and teaching aids from HIV/AIDS experts and then train local communities in HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness.
A few alarming statistics:
- 68% of AIDS cases worldwide are in sub-Saharan Africa
- 76% of all AIDS deaths in 2007 occurred in sub-Saharan Africa
- 30,000 Sudanese children and 320,000 adults are already infected with AIDS
Research from 2006 indicates that there is virtually no precautionary education among the most at-risk populations of Sudan. Scientifically acurate, culturally appropriate, proactive education is widely recognized as the most effective way to stop the spread of the AIDS virus. It is critical that we take steps to ensure that refugees and IDPs -particularly children and young adults- have access to the knowledge and precautions essential for the prevention of HIV. This is especially critical to slow the spread of AIDS in local communities impacted by the influx of IDPs.
HISG will be partnering with several other organizations in the area, along with UN agencies that specialize in HIV/AIDS to provide instructional materials, AIDS prevention expertise, and project effectiveness oversight. Please consider partnering with HISG on this project that is providing hope for a suffering population. To donate, please click here.
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