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 CASE STUDY: Mitigating HIV/AIDS in the Education Sector
A Mother Group Spares Nobody on HIV/AIDS
What has touched the hearts of many people in the area is what the group does for pupils. The group goes to school twice a week to counsel and sensitize pupils on HIV/AIDS issues. "As of now, many pupils at this school have changed their attitudes and behaviours positively," commented the Deputy Headteacher. The performance of this mother group has seen the birth of a drama group by pupils, which supplements the mother group's campaign. The drama group performs at the school and in villages around the school. "Many people around this school have appreciated the existence of the pandemic and time has come to play no jokes about it," said one community member. To reach out to as many people as possible, both groups have plans of going beyond their boarders to other schools, zones and districts. To sustain their activities, the two groups also plan to open up a vegetable garden that will be used to finance the activities.
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MESA sensitization meetings were conducted in the district to bring awareness of the goals and objectives of the project. After these meetings, some women sat down and thought of doing something about the impact of HIV/AIDS in the communities. Seven ladies formed a "mother group" to bring awareness of HIV/AIDS to the communities around the schools and to counsel boys and girls of the dangers of immoral behaviour while at school and home. The group has spared no one in the villages around the school of its message. It disseminates information on HIV/AIDS at any sort of gathering - funerals, maize mills, market places, water points, churches and at any developmental meeting.
