THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR UPDATED

REFERENCES TO TARGETS AND BUDGETS.

1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES

The project is delivering information and building skills that encourage abstinence and being faithful

components of the comprehensive A, B and C approach to HIV prevention.

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

PATH is implementing the Scouting for Solutions (SfS) project in partnership with the Kenya Scouts

Association (KSA). The core focus is to reach young people with information and skills for HIV prevention

through abstinence and being faithful messages. We are targeting young people aged 12-15 years who are

reaching out to their peers and friends and siblings who could be below 12 years or above 15 years.

Through scouts, we are also reaching out to their parents and guardians. Year 3 activities centered on the

following areas: a) information and skills building for scouts through newsletters (60,000 copies), activity

packs, and scout competitions; b) training of 1,800 scout leaders on additional modules on Management

and Supervision, Little Magnet Theatre, Activity Packs 3 and 4, and Counseling. These scout leaders were

able to reach about 43,000 scouts. To ascertain that the scouts were engaged in SfS activities, 46 schools

were visited as part of monitoring and supervision of project. Parents and guardians were involved via

creative workshops to develop activity packs and in school committees. Throughout the year, scouts all over

the country were engaged in preparatory activities for centenary celebrations which provided an opportunity

for HIV prevention messages through discussions and a special edition of the newsletter for the Centenary

Jamboree.

Activities for Year 4 will continue to build on previous activities to contribute to the key strategic objectives.

Scout leaders are the avenue used to reach scouts with information and skills for HIV prevention so 5,400

scout leaders will be trained in FY 2008. They are expected to reach to 91,800 scouts. Through the Little

Magnet theatre performances, scouts will be able to magnify what they have learned on HIV prevention to

their peers, the school fraternity and the wider community, scouts will continue to implement shows. Activity

Packs 5 and 6 will address issues of ASRH, building healthy relationships and gender-based violence

including sexual abuse and its implications. Packs 7 and 8 will focus on abstinence, negotiation for safe sex

and life skills. Three newsletters will be produced: two regular editions plus the Camporee edition during

the national competitions. Themes for the newsletters will be developed by the scouts during

creative/editorial workshops. SfS will promote 4 proficiency badges that promote gender equity. These will

be on cookery, housekeeping, baby care and handiwork badge. These will expose boys and girls to

activities that are traditionally reserved for the other gender. Using the cameras awarded in Year 2

competitions and new disposable ones, the scouts will start a pilot program of amateur photography. The

nine provincial teams that won cameras will be trained on photography and provided with films and

notebooks to record interesting activities for scouts and communities. The photos will be used to trigger

discussions on HIV prevention, gender issues and care for environment among other scouting activities. A

comic book modeled on PATH's highly popular Nuru will be developed based on the scouts' "Tommy the

Tenderfoot" series. The comic book will be used to promote gender equity and will discuss issues generated

by the scouts. SfS will distribute copies to all participating schools. Free play Foundation provided SfS with

500 solar radios which were distributed to 14 districts. SfS will explore, on a pilot basis, collaboration with

local radio stations based in rural areas that can give free airtime to discuss issues related to HIV

prevention for the youth and also to serve as a forum of exchange by young people. The schools with radios

can also benefit from school broadcasts by the Ministry of Education on HIV prevention topics. PATH will

continue to work with KSA to strengthen the organization's capacity for implementation and supervision of

project activities. Meetings with key stakeholders and partners will continue through the Program

Leadership Group and the SfS Technical Committee. Parents and community members will be engaged in

SfS activities, through activity packs and newsletters provoke dialogue with these key audiences.

Additionally, Straight Talk Foundation and Instituto Promundo will continue to provide technical assistance

to the project in newsletters and gender and advocacy areas respectively.

3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

Through these interventions, the SfS project addresses issues critical to young people in HIV prevention.

This includes providing information and building skills necessary for positive behavior formation, enhancing

gender sensitivity among the boy scouts and scout leaders. The project is working to increase gender equity

in HIV/AIDS prevention because girls are 4 times more likely than boys to be infected. The project also

reaches vulnerable groups such as out-of-school and street youth. Through newsletters and activity packs,

SfS is providing the youth with credible sources of information and a forum for interacting and exchanging

ideas. Parents/guardians and other protective adults are being engaged through dialogue and

communication skills to provide the youth with a supportive environment for behavior change. Training,

which is a major component of the SfS project, provides skills and opportunities for scout leaders and other

adults with skills to change their own behavior even as they assist the youth to change. Using the strategy

of incremental knowledge through introduction of new training modules and new information materials, the

project has been able to retain the trained teachers and to keep the scouts interested to learn news ideas.

4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

In addition to the above activities, parents/guardians, policy makers and other stakeholders will be brought

on board to support girls in scouting. Parents/guardians and other protective adults who are not only

influential sources of knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and values for young people but also important

gatekeepers will be engaged in reinforcing the messages scouts are getting from the project. Year 4

activities will also include lobbying with policy makers within the scouting system and the Ministry of

Education to provide more support for scouting at the district level.

5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The SfS project targets boys and girls aged 12-15 years, the scout leaders mainly in primary schools,

parents and guardians and members of the community as well as the volunteers to manage the scouting

movement.

6. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED

The Sexual Harassment and Abuse prevention policy will contribute to the work going on under the Sexual

Offences Bill by localizing efforts to operationalise the bill.

Activity Narrative: 7. EMPHASIS AREAS

The SfS project lays major emphasis on reaching adolescents and pre-adolescents at the critical stage of

transition to adulthood with information, education, and communication so as to build the skills and

information base for HIV prevention. Girls have been shown to be more vulnerable so and efforts will be

make to reach both the in- and out-of -school. Efforts will be put in advocacy with policy makers especially

in the Ministry of Education so as to leverage resources for project sustainability after the funding period.

Capacity building of Kenya Scouts Association through training scout leaders and strengthening local

associations at the district level will contribute immensely to its capacity to reach a large number of young

people with HIV prevention messages.