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Burkina Faso: Engaging Young People in Realizing an HIV/AIDS Free Generation

Burkina Faso: Engaging Young People in Realizing an HIV/AIDS Free Generation. International AIDS Conference July xx, 2014 Melbourne, Australia. Core Partners. Advocates for Youth Mwangaza Action Association des Jeunes du Département de Léo (AJDL).

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Burkina Faso: Engaging Young People in Realizing an HIV/AIDS Free Generation

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  1. Burkina Faso: Engaging Young People in Realizing an HIV/AIDS Free Generation International AIDS Conference July xx, 2014 Melbourne, Australia

  2. Core Partners • Advocates for Youth • Mwangaza Action • Association des Jeunes du Département de Léo (AJDL)

  3. Association des Jeunes du Département de Léo

  4. Burkina Faso

  5. Burkina Faso • Burkina Faso ranks 183 out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index • Young people constitute almost 1/3 of the population • Secondary education enrollment is low • Comprehensive knowledge of HIV is low but increasing • HIV prevalence is on the decline • Girls and young women are especially vulnerable to HIV • Most adolescent girls are married by age 18

  6. Driving Principles of the Program • Partnerships between local, national and international implementers • Youth engagement and leadership • Youth adult partnerships • Community participation and stakeholder involvement • A rights-based framework • Gender equity • Sexuality and adolescent development as a normal part of being human

  7. Samankeni---Originally a peer educator with the program now serves as a lead facilitator and supervisor of new peer educators

  8. The Program seeks to: • Build organizational capacity among partners • Secure stakeholder support • Increase knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention among young people ages 10-24 in 5 sectors of Léo • Increase access to male and female condoms • Increase use of SRH services among youth • Strengthen comprehensive school-based sexuality education (soon to come)

  9. Youth Association Training

  10. Strategies • Community mobilization • Youth-adult partnerships • Peer education for out-of-school youth • Condom distribution • Provider training and support on youth-friendly services • Strengthening of referral networks • Facilitating changes in facilities • Supporting primary school teachers on CSE

  11. Peer Educator

  12. Activities • Ongoing stakeholder meetings • Training and supporting 12 animators of the youth association • Training, supporting and supervising 20 peer educators • Peer education talks and home visits • Community-wide events • Training and supporting 29 providers on youth-friendly services • Adapting services to be more youth-friendly • Engaging with 33 teachers across 11 primary schools

  13. A community awareness raising event for in-school youth at the end of the school year

  14. Reach and Outcomes Over the past year: • 3,421 young people reached with SRHR information • 1,624 male and female condoms distributed • 150 booklets distributed to learners and providers • 500 brochures distributed on services and locations • 600 brochures distributed on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) • 650 t-shirts with SRH messages distributed • Increased use of services at 2 clinics • Requests for expansion to more districts and for CSE support at the primary school level

  15. Peer educator conducting educational session in Léo

  16. Conclusion • Youth leadership in partnership with adults contributes to programming that is relevant, an enabling environment for youth, and sustainability • Community engagement is critical to advancing programming that addresses youth and HIV and leverages limited resources • The investment in local capacity implicit in community engagement contributes to program support, relevance, and sustainability

  17. Voices from the Field “My knowledge in the field of reproductive and sexual health has improved as a result of my participation in the execution of this program. I am able to talk more easily about sexuality not only with my parents, but with my friends and the community in general. I know a lot about HIV and how it is transmitted, and how to protect yourself…Many young people know how to use condoms correctly, and know where to get them without embarrassment. This program is truly a major benefit for our community, in the sense that many things have changed.” • Female youth association member

  18. For more information… Contact: • Nicole Cheetham, Advocates for Youth, nicole@advocatesforyouth.org • Roger Thiombiano, Mwangaza Action, mwangaz@fasonet.bf • LamineNignan, Association des Jeunes du Département de Léo, ajdlbf@gmail.com / ajdlburkina@yahoo.fr

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