Training, Training, Training

Considering my rather persistent sickly state over the past 2 weeks, I’ve still managed to have a rather smashing 2 weeks. Training has been very interesting. At the start of the two weeks we split into two separate technical training fields.

-Livelihood (Focusing on farming, entrepreneurship and group development)
-Sexual Reproductive Health (Focusing on adolescence, STIs and HIV & AIDs)

I was in the latter.

Both of the groups have also had extensive training on gender equity, facilitating sessions, non-formal education techniques, training stakeholders (people who will continue the work we are doing when we leave) and finance.

Our training on HIV and AIDs has been very intensive. We have focused on the methods of transmission (including in depth study of Mother to Child Transmission) and the preventative methods. We have also been looking into how we will offer support and referrals to those who are living with HIV and AIDs. We did extensive sessions with TASO that informed us all about ARVs, ART, counseling and other forms of treatment. We were lucky enough to experience a TASO workshop where HIV+ people expressed testimonies that were very sad yet very hopeful.

Yesterday we went to visit a health clinic in one of the rural placements. It was a great opportunity to see how we are going to work along side the health clinics to provide support and advice for the people in the community.

The Training Centre

Training on how to repair a punctured tyre