WE are a Community
Development Service (CDS) in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. In
the uniqueness of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, the NYSC, National Action Committee on AIDS, United Nations
Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),Action Health Incorporated, Civil Society Consultative Group on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CISCGHAN)
and UNICEF Nigeria collaborated to run an HIV/AIDS orientation as part of the programme in the NYSC orientation camp. During this programme, volunteer corps members are trained so that they can further
train students (Peer Educators) in and out of school.
The objectives of
the HIV/AIDS project using the Corps members are:
-To increase the knowledge
of Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS preventive practices among young people.
-To support and promote
peer education in Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS behaviour among young people.
-To respond to and
support programmes in Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
SUPPORT US AS WE REACH
OUT TO PEOPLE. LET US ACTIVELY FIGHT HIV/AIDS TOGETHER