School Health Education - Target Beneficiaries

This project focuses on students grade (1-9), youth (age 15–22), school teachers, heath workers/volunteers, key community members (equal male/female) and girls and boys from the most poor and vulnerable families. Approximately 10,000 boys and girls and 3,500 households will benefit from this project

Needs

Poverty is widespread in this district, with 6 in 10 living below the poverty line (USD43 cents a day). The poor economic status of many households has adverse effects on health, nutrition, access to education and participation in community activities. A lack of basic health care knowledge and inappropriate treatment of injuries and illnesses cause 80% of children and adults to suffer needlessly from wholly preventable sickness and disease, increasing family debt burden, driving them deeper into poverty.

1.56% of population in Lovea Em district is affected by HIV/AIDS. Misconceptions and discrimination are widespread, and many don’t understand or care to take responsibility for their actions.

Only 54% of school age children complete primary school, of those going on to secondary school 23% drop out by grade 9 and a further 24.7% before grade 12.

Objectives Overview

Objective 1: School Health Education
Outcome: To improve education & responsibility on health, sanitation, hygiene and HIV/AIDS through implementing health education in all primary & secondary schools in Lovea Em district

Objective 2: Community Health Education
Outcome:To challenge youth to make wise life choices by raising the awareness on the cause and effect of HIV/AIDS on their own and families lives; To improve the capacity of key community trainers to transfer knowledge to female/male target beneficiaries and reduce discrimination towards PLWHA in the community; To build the capacity of village health volunteers to effectively communicate health messages in their communities

Objective 3: Assisting Children to School
Outcome: To increase the educational attainment level for girls and boys engaged in exploitative and hard work in their families through the provision of school support

Impact of Project

This will increase good health/ hygiene practices in the children, which will pass through to families in the community and in turn will reduce the incidence of sickness/disease due to preventable causes (eg diarrhoea, typhoid, HIV/AIDS, burns etc.)

 Lower the incidence of HIV/AIDS, and reduce discrimination towards PLWHA in Lovea Em and a reduction the incidence of sickness/disease and injury due to preventable causes

 Through school support program children (girls & boys) will have opportunity to complete primary/secondary education and improve their capacity to provide for their families in the future