| Getting “Chilly" | Youth in Kenya Learn Valuable Life Skills to Improve Their Sexual and Reproductive Health Decision-making Pathfinder’s APHIA II program reaches youth through peer educators who lead “Chill” sessions in local schools Karatina, Kenya: Karatina division of Nyeri district is known for its chilly weather particularly during the May to July cold season. But there is more to the cold weather at Mathaithi Primary School. Based two kilometres from Karatina town on the Karatina – Nyeri road, the school has a program for adolescents that blends in perfectly with the chilly weather. Since May 2007, Mathaithi Primary School has been one of the hundreds of schools in Nairobi and Central provinces enrolled in the APHIA II NC – supported “Chill” Clubs. The “Chill” initiative—named after the Kiswahili slang word for abstinence — is a comprehensive in-school HIV prevention program targeting 12-15 year old youth in the two provinces. |
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| Kenyan girl's date at the global women's conference | When the UN Commission on the Status of Women held its 53rd session in New York from March 2 to 13, 2009 Kenya Girl Guide Association (KGGA) Ranger Guide member, Sheila Waithera Wangui, was among only four girls from around the world who graced the occasion. The 17-year-old student from Nginda Girls Secondary School in Murang’a District from the Central Province was invited to the event by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) to make presentations on issues relating to HIV/AIDS in her home country. The other four girls invited to the event are 24-year-old Miriam Oluoch-Otieno a KGGA Young leader who will chaperone Sheila, a requirement for under 18 year travelling abroad, 20-year-old Misozi Belessings Kumwenda from Zambia, 19-year-old Vanessa Macedo Fiuza from Brazil and 22-year old Nomusa Lauren Taylor–Dube from Canada. "The girls represented WAGGGS at events, panel discussions, and partnership meetings during the session. They held presentations on their local associations’ work in the field of HIV/AIDS and made a presentation on WAGGGS’ fight against HIV/AIDS,” said Joyce Kariuki, the KGGA Projects Executive based in Nairobi, adding that they also shared their personal experiences with other participants. Joyce Kariuki, Kenya Girl Guides Project Executive |
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