A4R Workplan for project activities

Timeframe 01/2009-01/2010

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Responsible Persons

Conduct 1day launch and stakeholders meeting with key stake holders including local leaders, parents /guardians, religious leaders, community mobilisers and some youth Councilors to inform them about the project and have them appreciate their role in promoting and responding to reproductive health issues and concerns being promoted by the project to ensure future sustainability.

A4R Coordinator, Program officer, CDAs at Sub-County level.

Identify and train out of school youth as peer educators for 2 weeks in the region.

A4R staff, National Facilitators.

Conduct social mobilization for Youth Friendly Services (YFS) through music, dance and drama, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), games, sports and specific debates.

Program officers, Health Service Providers, Health Units staff including HCT Teams.

Conduct Focus Group Discussion, FGDs with youth to identify issues that make them vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.

Trained peer educators, A4R staff.

Liaise with partners to procure and provide adolescent/Youth friendly IEC/BCC materials including posters, stickers, leaflets, T-Shirts, brochures and hold radio talk shows with specific messages.

A4R Coordinator, Program officer, DDHS, District Information Officer, MOH, Unicef-IEC.Program officer, DDHS, District Information Officer, MOH, Unicef-IEC.

Conduct life choices and life skill video shows in the region.

Program officer, Peer educators.

Conduct peer to peer interactive talks/discussion meetings with youth in the region.

Peer educators and A4R staff.

Liaise with the TOTs in YFS to select and orient health service providers from the health center in the region.

DDHS office, Program officer, HUs staff.

Form small out of school peer groups that will be involved in continued participatory activities and discussions guided by the trained peer educators relating to adolescent needs and service requirements in areas of sexual reproductive health and other HIV/AIDS services.

A4R Project staff.

Liaise with Health Units to conduct and link monthly community service provision outreaches with of youth through social mobilization events and recreational activities including sports, Drama, educative videos and indoor games. Joint drama and sports competitions with key messages on youth Friendly Services will be conducted.

Health Unit staffs, A4R Project staff.

Conduct a one day joint meeting to develop a referral strategy together with service providers, trained peer educators and A4R staff.

Service providers, Program officer and other project staff.

Support trained peer educators to refer youth to health centers and community service provision out reaches to access services like STD care and management, HIV Counseling and Testing, free condoms, and other reproductive health/HIV/AIDS services.

Program officer, volunteer, CDO, HU, YFS providers.

Conduct experience sharing meetings among the trained peer educators to help them share experiences and review their strategies to continuously ensure access to appropriate and services among the youth.

A4R staff and Peer educators.

Conduct joint quarterly meetings among the service providers and the peer educators to share experiences, lessons learnt and plan for the next quarter.

Program officer, Volunteer.