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Nurturing the Talent From Within: EFA Welcomes Peer Education Trainers
April 28, 2012 | Add Comment
Nurturing the Talent From Within: EFA Welcomes Peer Education Trainers

When I arrived as the next Peace Corps Volunteer to serve with EFA International, it was clear this program was a huge success. Members felt empowered and attitudes and behaviors of both HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in the community were changing. I thought to myself: this is great, but how can it be better? I realized, the previous Volunteer had created this empowering and effective program, but now my role was to make it sustainable, to make it EFA’s program and not the Volunteer’s.

Circle of Love brings success
October 5, 2011 | Add Comment
Circle of Love brings success

It is impossible to hide how proud I am of the ever-so-brave members of the Education Fights AIDS youth associations.  This story is about Djingui a member of our AJEPS association and the one who …

Regional Office Establishes Youth Network Coordination Committee
August 28, 2009 | Add Comment

In June 2009, the EFA regional office officially launched our newest network-wide initiative, the Youth Network Coordination Committee. The committee was established to help member associations of the EFA network function more cohesively, work together …

In Memory of Magloire
August 28, 2009 | Add Comment
In Memory of Magloire

I had the honor of first meeting Magloire in November 2005, when I was working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Cameroon alongside the other founding members of EFA International. After months of …

Peer Educators Re-Energize AJEPS Members
August 28, 2009 | Add Comment
Peer Educators Re-Energize AJEPS Members

Since AJEPS was established officially in 2005, the association has seen many members come and go for various reasons. Often, members become very
active when they first join an association, as most members are sick and …

ABJEPSA and AJEPS Join Offices
August 3, 2009 | Add Comment

In early 2009, ABEPSA officially joined offices with AJEPS in their office space in Maroua. This partnership allowed AJEPS to pay off outstanding rent payments and ABEPSA to establish a permanent office.
The collaboration has proven …