Cote d'Ivoire

AIDS Prevention
& Reproductive Health Education for Children

July 2001 - June 2002

Brobo is a littre town, but many people came here every Tuesday for the weekly marcket.

3.ICA-Cote dﾕIvoire office at Brobo

4. Inside of the office, there are many resources in addition to the meeting and administration rooms.

5. This is the AIDS Prevention Center built by financial support of Postal Services Agency in Japan in 2002.

6. Inside of the Center, visitors can learn about sexual relationships should be restricted to serious partnerships from these AIDS posters promoting the usage of Condoms for safe sex.

7.The AIDS Prevention Center is a great place for Leadership Training as well as for AIDS Awareness and Prevention Seminars.

8. The Solar energy system was installed at the AIDS Centre in June 2002. By then, we hadnﾕt had electricity here.

9. A solar energy panel which is placed on the roof, SM75(75W/ 12V, 120cm x 52.7cm).

10. The installation of solar system makes us to organize the audiovisual seminor. The video deck and TV are essential tools to convey the training to the people.

12.ICA contributed the medecine cabinet to the villages in compliance with wish of the villagers. Because they couldnﾕt buy the medecine themselves even if they caught any sick.

13. ICA constructed the public toilet at 5 primary schools in village, with the aim of the education of the public hygiene. The teachers will start the toilet education from the next new term.

Activities in village aboout Reproductive health and AIDS

14.An initial visit to M`Bahiakro village to arrange the work of the Community Health Assistants and the activities planned for this years activities. The village leaders were eager to begin ICAﾕs activities, and had advance our knowledge.

15.One of ICAﾕs trainers, Lucie KILMAN, is having the class about AIDS to new Health Agents(ASC) of MﾕBahiakro. The participants put any questions or opinions to the trainer comfortably.

Additional views of training in the newly dedicated AIDS Prevention Center. The two instructors are Lucy and Marcelle. The students are taking notes carefully and must reply to a short quiz after the lecture is finished.

18.A group photo of the ICA staff and the Community Health Assistants, taken after the conclusion of the dayﾕs ceremonies.

Health Agents(ASC) are doing the seminor about AIDS with the presence of ICA trainer, Marcelle. She explaines about the serious AIDS problem in French and also in local language. People listen her speach eagerly.

20. One of participants demonstrates how to use the comdom. Marcelle distributes the condoms to the audience.

21. After the enlightenment for the youth at Bounda, Marcelle distributes the condoms to people.

22. The evaluation meeting of the ASCs is held each three month. At this meeting, agents report about their activities, talk about each problems and exchange opinions.

23.　These are the supplies purchased to use in the Center and by the Community Health Assistants. They include videos, books on heath care and AIDS promotion, and various other items. The games are used to provide a relaxed atmosphere in the center so that youth can learn about AIDS Prevention while enjoying socializing.

24. What ASC is holding are the poster and the manual about AIDS and Reproductive Health, which have been drawn out by ICA for our activities.

The Activities in Brobo

25.Many people come to the Tuesdayﾕs market of Brobo from surround villages.

26. Many people are crowding around Marcell who distributes the condom after the speech about AIDS prevention.

27. ICA arranges for TV, Video and cassette for the enlightenment. Video projection attracts the public.

Enlightenment for the informal secter

ICA trainers visit shops where they use cutlery(barbers,tailors)and talk about AIDS to make the workers understand the risk of the infection and prevention method of AIDS.

28. Marcelle discusses with bike repairers about AIDS prevention, the risk of the infection for their job and the preventioon method of AIDS.

29.Marcelle, after the enlightenment, distributes the comdom to the workers at the tailor.

30. ICA Japan Directors, Shizuyo Sato and Wayne Ellsworth, dialogue with the local clergymen about social customs and the partnership bettween ICA Brobo and the churches to strengthen the impact of the AIDS prevention campain.

33. Marcelle, ICA trainer, teach about reproductive health to the students of the training center.

34. Daniel, ICA trainer, explain about contraceptive to the students.

35. An election of the president of the health club at Brobo junior hight school.

36. Mr Adjob�, teachers, ICA trainers, and members of health club. ICA gave some games and condom box for the enlightenment to Brobo junior hight school that day.

37. Marcelle asks some questions to the students as the enlightenment at school and the condom is given to the students who answer correctly.

39.A crowd of people, especialy young people, come to this competition.

40. A student of the training center is expressing the sadness AIDS by reading a poem.

At this competition, 3 groups of students play participate; a group of the training center, group of Bouake Jr.high school and group of Brobo Jr. high school. They present a poem and answer the questions, all about AIDS.

41. The group of Bouake Jr. high school plays about the difficulty of the person with AIDS infected person and his family.

42. A group of Brobo Jr. high school sing an AIDS song with Tamtam.

43. A group of the training center who took the crown,

44.AIDS seminar was organized at primarl school from 13th to 15 th June 2002, Mr.NIANMIEN was invited as a speeker. the directers and teachers of primary schools of Brobo commune

45. The participants are very eager in this seminar and they give many questions to the speeker.

46. A commemorative photo with all participants after the seminar.

They hold a football competition on the subject of AIDS enlightenment. ICA offer the condoms as the prize.

They hold a football competition on the subject of AIDS enlightenment. ICA participates and offers the condoms as the prize.

Guidance about Nutrition and Public hygiene

50. After a lecture on soybeans, a demonstration of how to make dishe of soybean as feed was given. (at Habitat District in Brobo)

Agriculture Guidance at the garden of ASC in village

53. Garden for the preparation of growing tomate. (at Pindikro)

54. ICA agliculturaliste guides round all gardens of ASC to give any advices to them.

In the photo, ICA guide checks the condition of the tomate garden.(at Bouakro)

55. Daniel, ICA guide, visits the garden in Bounda.