News from Cameroon

Our self-sustaining HIV+ youth groups fight stigma and provide professional and personal growth opportunities.

News from Rwanda

A community garden provides education and nutrition for people orphaned by HIV/AIDS and the Rwandan genocide.

Support EFA

EFA relies on the volunteer time and financial support of generous people like you. How can you make a difference?

Spotlight on People

From the front lines to behind-the-scenes, meet the people who are fighting the good fight for youth affected by HIV/AIDS.

How Education Fights AIDS

Education impacts individuals, families, communities, nations, and the globe.

Home » Blog » Archive by Tags


Blog Posts Tagged with: education

Latest Annual Report
October 16, 2012 | Add Comment
Latest Annual Report

For over half a decade, EFA International has responded to its mission of promoting the successful future of young men and women who are touched by HIV. We are grateful to donors like you for …

Turning the tide on HIV takes peer educators
July 27, 2012 | Add Comment
Turning the tide on HIV takes peer educators

Peer educators are the missing link between communities and health care services. They are cost-effective and they promote social accountability. As so eloquently stated by the speakers at Tuesday’s AIDS 2012 session on health workers, these armies of patient navigators, peer educators, and frontline health workers will play a key role in turning the tide on the AIDS epidemic.

Greetings from Maroua
September 27, 2011 | Add Comment
Greetings from Maroua

A few months ago, I visited the EFA regional office in Maroua, Cameroon.  I participated in many meetings (sometimes in insufferable heat!) and yet spirits remained high and laughter and lively discussion was the menu du …

Gender, HIV, and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 | Add Comment
Gender, HIV, and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day

It is widely accepted that gender strongly influences the spread of HIV and the ways communities respond to it.  Gender and sexual based inequalities, norms, and violence increase vulnerability to HIV while limiting ability to …

Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention
July 2, 2010 | Add Comment
Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention

MAROUA, CAMEROON – Peer educators trained in an EFA International-sponsored program have educated more than 6,000 people in Cameroon’s Far North region about HIV transmission and prevention. The January-June training involved 14 HIV-positive youth in …

Education and nutrition program launched at Child Support Center
April 25, 2010 | Add Comment
Education and nutrition program launched at Child Support Center

Since February 2010, the Child Support Center (CSC) in Kigali, Rwanda has been providing educational and nutritional services to over thirty orphans and other vulnerable children in the community. Through the education program, CSC beneficiaries …