The first thing TRIAD does when it partners with a high-prevalence HIV community is to ask questions: What do you want to change within your community? What do you want to accomplish for yourself? Why is this important to the orphans and vulnerable children living in your community? How do you think you can reduce their chance of contracting HIV? Then TRIAD designs a training program to meet those needs.
Method
Seeing your name in print. Hearing your number called in the starting line-up. Seeing your name in lights. Hearing your own voice blast through speakers. What kid doesn’t love that?
Kids learn best when they love what they’re doing, when they feel inspired by their teachers, when they feel they have something at stake. Our community-tailored HIV/AIDS education programs are the core of innovative sports, arts and media programs. Important life lessons are embedded in fun activities in which these vulnerable children want to participate.
TRIAD’S APPROACH:
- Train local young adults
- Engage more Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVCs)
- Involve Community
- Normalize facts
- Normalize testing