Health Volunteering Opportunity in Africa

This project focuses on providing culturally sensitive methods of awareness raising and education with the goal of preventing transmission of the disease within the target populations. There is a great lack of HIV/AIDS awareness among the rural indigenous community and especially among the youth in primary and secondary schools. We sensitize people about HIV/AIDS prevention with primary focus on young people. By means of IEC (information, education and communication) we try to reach as many people as we can through seminars, workshops, drama/video shows, written material and various other means. Volunteers participating in this project will visit local communities to educate them about prevention, transmission and the reality of HIV/AIDS as well as working long side hospital and health clinic staff.