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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 …

Men As Partners Program – a great success!
March 3, 2010 | Add Comment
Men As Partners Program – a great success!

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 …

Rebero Orphan Center Reopens as the Child Support Center (CSC)
December 7, 2009 | Add Comment
Rebero Orphan Center Reopens as the Child Support Center (CSC)

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 …

How Does Education Fight AIDS?
August 27, 2009 | Add Comment

Education Fights AIDS is a truth that has many explanations.  EFA’s work is based on the belief that education can impact people on many levels: individuals, families, communities, nations, and globally.

Individual: Helping HIV+ people to …

ROC Launches Education and Nutrition Programs for Children at the Center
April 3, 2009 | Add Comment
ROC Launches Education and Nutrition Programs for Children at the Center

During the first three months of 2009, EFA International worked closely with the Rebero Orphan Center to launch two new initiatives: an education program and a nutrition program based around a new community garden.
Education
In February, …