YAP - CONTENT

CONTENT

SESSION 1

MY BODY, MY SEXUALITY, MY RESPONSIBILITY!

• What are we(CAS) doing here? Reasons for the project?
• General overview of our bodies (Body-mapping: how comfortable am I with my body? My sexuality?)
• How do I know when I am ready for sex? Age or Maturity?
• Sex and HIV/AIDS? What is the big deal? “I am not even having sex!”
• Elicit ideas, personal involvement, create mottos etc.
• Discussion: HIV/AIDS, impact, language


SESSION 2

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV/AIDS

• I know everything I need to about HIV/Aids?Really?
(Poetry performance: what do you know about HIV/Aids)
• The different names for HIV/AIDS?
• HIV/AIDS – The difference, the signs and symptoms?
• Stages of HIV (symptoms in stages)
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Debate/activity


SESSION 3

MODES OF TRANSMISSION

• What is this virus all about?
(If you were an artist, what would this virus look like? what would it say/sing to me?)
• How is HIV transmitted? The facts and myths?
• How HIV cannot be transmitted?
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Debate/activity







SESSION 4

VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT)

• What does VCT have to do with me? “I am not even having sex!”
o How does it work?
(Crafts: Designing bangles or a new ribbon to promote VCT?)
• Why VCT – aims and objectives?
• Should I be tested? Why?
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Debate/activity


SESSION 5

POSITIVE LIVING

• Nutrition – what does your body need to live healthily?
• How do we keep our bodies physically and emotionally strong?
• How do you change your behaviour in the light of HIV/Aids?
• Does the African potato/beetroot have anything to do with HIV/Aids?
(If you were Manto Tshabalala: what would you say to me about nutrition?)
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Debate/Activity


SESSION 6

PALIATIVE AND HOME-BASED CARE
• Have you ever taken care of a sick person?
(Role-play: imagine being sick – how would you want to be treated?)
• What are the different ways to take care of myself or others with the virus?
o Physically
o Emotionally
o Medically and
o Spiritually
• What are the hygienic behaviors with HIV?
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Debate/activity





SESSION 7

FACTS AND MYTHS

• What have you heard about HIV/Aids?
(Drumming Session: speak out on the different myths & facts about HIV/Aids?)
• Thorough debate
• Intensive activity
• Discussion of youth involvement/message suitability
• Final choice of 20 candidates for YAP membership


SESSION 8

REFLECTION

• What new channels exist out there that speak to you? Mix-it? Internet Chats? MTV? LIVE?
• Role Models, teachers or parents? Who do I relate to the most? If Beyonce/Chris Brown had to say it, would the message be taken more seriously? Or if my mom says it, can I trust it?
• What is wrong/right with the current messages out there?
• IMAGINE there was no TV/radio/newspaper advertisement –
WHERE WOULD YOU START?
• Final Choice for the YAP Committee, and steps forward.

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PROJECT GOALS AND OUTPUT(INTENDED)


Objectives

• To combat HIV infection in the society by concentrating on the youth
• HIV becomes an identifiable enemy and social and cultural dysfunction is addressed holistically
• HIV and Aids is taken out of the realm of taboo.
• Superstition and myth are taken out of sexuality in terms of the dangers of unprotected sex.

Outputs

• Young women and men are informed as to their rights and obligations to their bodies in keeping them healthy.
• Within schools where the courses are held, information, with no political, philosophical, religious or traditional bias is made available as learners go back to their homes and societal environments with basic information to be shared with colleagues, friends and family members.
• The YAP Committees have a constant activity stream within their schools and in jointly speaking to their peers
• A media campaign is launched which is effective and youth relevant, constantly reviewed by youth consultation.