Using the power of soccer to fight HIV/AIDS

Summary

Providing HIV information to youth living in Majengo slums through a series of sports activies,drama plays and videos. progress report read updates from the field

How You Can Help

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	£12 - Buy a soccer ball for a group 30 student participants
	£63 - Print 10 HIV Curriculum books for 20 coaches.
	£126 - Sponsor a local training of trainers for 15 peer educators
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

As a result of poverty in Majengo slums, the youth indulge in behaviours that put them at a high risk of contracting HIV.More than 2500 youths have died in majengo since 1980 as a result of illness associated with HIV.Most of the youth especially girls have died as a result of getting infected through prostitution.Through the HIV awareness program , we are reaching more than 500 youth in schools and community centers in Majengo slums and its outskirts in Nairobi

Activities

Peer education in schools and community centres using a HIV soccer manual.Organising HIV awareness soccer tournaments.Also we use drama plays,educational videos to reach majority of youth who dont go to schools.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £6,338
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £8,933
Total Funding Goal: £15,271

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.soccerfordevelopment.wordpress.com)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Through the HIV prevention project, youth in Nairobi will be educated on HIV facts and preventive measures hence make informed choices concerning their sexuality.This consequently reduces the alarming HIV rates in Majengo slums and its out skirts

Project Message

. Through VAP I have a chance to educate my peers on HIV and also act as a role model to them.
- David Odour, VAP peer educator and soccer coach

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Nancy Waweru,
Founder
Box 288-00610
Box 00507-78677
Nairobi, Kenya Eastleigh
Kenya
254721681897
Email:

Project Sponsor

Enouce Ndeche

Organisation

Vijana Amani Pamoja (VAP)
288-00610 Vijana Amani Pamoja
Nairobi, Kenya 254
Kenya
+254 721 681 897

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Sport.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 02, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 12, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Progress Report

By Nancy Waweru - Project Director, February 02, 2012 11:32 AM

Dear Supporters!

First we believe that the year 2012 has just begun well on your side as you continue with your daily duties. We would like to THANK YOU for all your continuous donations towards Vijana Amani Pamoja's project. It's in this regard that i would like to share with you the progress that our project has so made and and what we are still doing as we strive to make a change in our communities. Attached you will find more details of what we have achieved and what we are still striving to achieve. It's our hope that with your continued donations,we will achieve our goals.

Again thanks you so much and enjoy reading!

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Progress Report (PDF)

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