Title: Mobile Vct Project
Location:
Categories: Health & Wellness
Mobile Communications
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
January 8 08 to December 31 08
Description:
The project methodology will be based on activities such as public animations through which messages on HIV-ADS will be given. The public animation will be composed by activities (music, poems, cinema, testimonies, etc) that are attractive to the Rural Young People, so that during the public animations HIV-messages should reach a high number of the Rural Young People. The message that will be given during that will emphasize on HIV-awareness, HIV-information, HIV-prevention, sensitization of the VCT and Testimonies.
Description
During the public animation, we will have invited artist (musicians, poems makers, etc) and their role will be to animate rural young people. This animation must be attractive hence more people should be attracted and come watching what is going on.
After, for instance, music or a small episode of cinema, we will insert HIV-messages such as HIV-awareness, HIV-information, HIV-prevention, sensitization of the VCT and Testimonies.
At the end of the event (public animation), VCT-interested people will be written, and fix an appointment so that the project should provide Mobile VCT Services. The VCT will be also held on the same place (primary school near the area).
Background:
Mobile VCT is a Project made by Rwandan Medical student Association called MEDSAR. The Medical Students Association of Rwanda (MEDSAR) is a Medical non lucrative student’s run association with a global objective of contributing to the improvement of Health status of Rwandan communities.
Objectives:
-To make Volunteering Counseling and Testing (VCT) freely accessible for all interested young people living in Rural Areas targeted by our project.
-To provide information access in rural areas by making sensitizations, sessions, cine-mobile, distributing leaflets etc.containing basic information regarding the transmission of the disease.
-To initiate, promote and support HIV-Protecting Clubs and Associations of People Living With HIV-ADS
- To provide free condoms as one of the ways of stopping HIV-transmission in Rural Young People less than 25 years old
-To use artistic works (music, poems, dancing, etc.) as a mean for fighting against HIV-AIDS
Milestones:
After the project, Rural Young People (Under 25 years old; considered as our main target group) will have enough knowledge about HIV-transmission speed, HIV-prevention methods, Condom use, and more than 40 percent will get tested i.e. Volunteering Counseling and Testing (VCT).
Needs:
International Participants
You would like to join the project and work for a month with the Field Group in the Mobile Vct Project in NYARUGURU? That is possible!
Tasks of International participants (just to know what you should be expecting...)
identify obstacles, weaknesses and problems in the project and try to find ways to overcome or solve them
assist and help the local team in:
organisational matters: meetings, reporting, planning, evalution, task division, etc.
project implementation:
preparation of field work
preparation of events
promotion in the National University of Rwanda
fundraising strategies
...
work and live in a team of international participants and local students: be cooperative and flexible!
discover the history, the culture and the language of Rwanda, it is a very beautiful country!
meet and interact with local students, local villagers and other international participants (intercultural exchange)
write a report on your stay
promote the project and motivate students to take part
inform new international participants before they leave about the living and working conditions
Conditions
you have to be a student or recently graduated
you will live in Huye, at the nearest place to the campus in the centre ville of Butare.
you will have to look for your own financial support concerning visa, travel costs (from your country to rwanda and back, and also in rwanda) and food and leisure during your stay
Finally, you have to contact the project coordinator by email(ujeluc@gmail.com)asking for an application form, answer all the questions, wait for a confirmation from the project coordination and be in regular contact!
To get prepared for Rwanda and to survive there, the project coordinator will take care of that and will provide all information you will need.
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