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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

As EFA’s technical advisor and as one of 13 facilitators of the Men As Partners program, I am proud to report that our February 2010 training has been a genuine success!
 
This two-week-long health education and wellness training benefited 30 …

Since July 2009, the Rebero Orphan Center has experienced several administrative and managerial challenges that have begun to compromise the quality of services provided to the orphans and vulnerable children in its care. As a …