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HIV&Me is a nation wide schools-based HIV/AIDS education and prevention program; targeting pupils between the ages of 12 to 15. The program aims to enable young people to make responsible and informed choices about their health and sexual behaviour.
Education is a key component in preventing the spread of HIV. The school context therefore presents an opportunity to help halt the epidemic with targeted prevention strategies. Young people are the key to the future prevention of HIV. If school based interventions are effective in altering harmful behaviour, the impact of the virus can be substantially mitigated & progress can be made towards reducing its impact.
HIV&Me therefore aims to provide educational tools and materials that integrate scientific and social aspects of the epidemic and encourage pupils’ active participation in the process. The program also aims to address the challenges teachers face in addressing HIV/AIDS in their classrooms.
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Using teaching methods that encourage active experiential learning, teachers will be equipped to talk about sex and the situations young people are faced with, and to inspire pupils to really consider the consequences of their behaviour and the choices they make. Issues around stigma, gender bias, and cultural challenges will be addressed and pupils will be provided with the skills to negotiate difficult or uncomfortable situations in order to better facilitate responsible decision making.
HIV&Me trainers will work with schools over a month long period, running one-on-one training with teachers, followed by additional classroom support visits for demonstration, observation and feedback.
There are currently 280 schools across South Africa that form part of HIV&Me.
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