UNICEF inaugurates awareness campaigns in Sana’a and Aden [Archives:2006/941/Local News]

SANA'A, April 30 ) A special training course concluded to train 30 individuals from Sa'wan residential city, particularly in the marginalized area. The course was organized by Al-Saleh Establishment's Women's Program, in cooperation with UNICEF.

The course aimed to inform participants of their rights and raise their awareness of health, social, cultural and educational issues. It also aimed to help participants acquire new skills to spread health and awareness in the city, especially among marginalized residents.

Naseem-Ur-Rehman, Chief of Information and Communication at UNICEF-Yemen, expressed happiness at attending such debates in small communities, affirming that small debates yield better outcomes compared to large ones. He confirmed that functions directed at targeted sectors in their own environment also yield greater outcomes. He asserted that Yemenis should increase their awareness to improve their health and environmental situations.

More than 720 Aden governorate secondary school students received life-saving learning skills training devoted to promoting the process of peer-led intervention to prevent HIV and AIDS in the governorate. The course was continuing since the beginning of March.

The activity is considered the first phase of peer-led intervention. Offered within a cooperative program between the Ministry of Education and UNICEF for 2006, it targets 740 students from February to April during the 2005-2006 school year.

UNICEF also will support a summer camp targeting 1,000 students in the field of life-saving learning skills and peer learning. It will be followed by a third phase targeting secondary school students from September to December.
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