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Summary
American Institutes for Research (AIR) will continue its work in AB by supporting the interactive School
Based Community HIV/AIDS prevention clubs to promote appropriate and healthy life skills through an age-
appropriate AB program specifically targeting in school youth.
Background
AIR has been implementing the HIV/AIDS prevention clubs called Mphamvu Kwa Achinyamata clubs
(Power to the Youth Clubs) since 2006 in Kasungu and Mzimba South districts. Mphamvu kwa
Achinyamata Youth Clubs promote school-community and intergenerational dialogue about important
issues regarding the prevention of HIV/AIDS with specific focus on abstinence and being faithful (AB)
messages. The school-based clubs also focus on mitigation of HIV/AIDS related social issues, such as
community support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and reduction of gender based violence in
communities and schools. AIR's cooperative Agreement with USAID/Malawi Education SO runs through
December 2007. USAID/Malawi Education SO has decided to extend these activities for six months beyond
the agreement end date of December 2007. Follow-on activities may be implemented under a new TBD
mechanism.
In 2006, AIR working in conjunction with Peace Corps Volunteers (in Health, Education and Environment
sectors), established school-based HIV prevention clubs in Kasungu and Mzimba South Districts. The U.S.
Peace Corps supports approximately 100 health, education and environment volunteers around the country
who undertake life skills activities at health centers, and secondary schools, and with community groups
such as youth clubs.
AIR has trained teachers and pupils to manage these clubs and has trained Peace Corps Volunteers to
strengthen their ability to provide technical support through training, supervision, mentoring, monitoring and
evaluation of the activities. Life Skills activities promote abstinence as well as delay of sexual debut,
include information on correct condom use, and increase service delivery points for older youth who are
already sexually active. Media-based programs have also been very successful at reaching in and out-of-
school youth with "doable" behavior change messages.
The USG continues to support primary school teacher training for the Life Skills Curriculum. With USG
assistance, the GoM, community, and religious schools have been actively involved in promoting AB
messages to all of Malawi's primary and secondary school students, and abstinence and/or mutual
faithfulness to all of Malawi's primary and secondary school teachers.
With FY 2007 EP funding, 80 clubs were formed, each having approximately 40 members (3200 members).
The clubs reached an additional 100 community members (8,000 community members in total). Each club
trained at least 2 youth mentors and 2 teacher leaders for a total of 320 additional persons reached with
abstinence and be faithful messages (total of 11,520). 3,200 school youth club members were specifically
targeted with abstinence only messages.
This activity is linked to the Peace Corps Volunteers AB activity and compliments the pre- service teacher
training in life skills education taking place in all the teacher training colleges in Malawi, funded through the
USAID/Malawi Education program.
Activity 1: Creating New Youth School-based Clubs and Support for Existing Clubs
The Mphamvu kwa Achinyamata clubs are operational in Kasungu and Mzimba South district, within the
Teacher Development Center (TDC) catchment areas. There is growing demand for more clubs to be
created as evidenced by the community demands for such clubs in both Kasungu and Mzimba districts.
Creating new clubs and sustaining old clubs will reach out to more youth with appropriate AB messages, not
only in a few selected areas where the project started, but also extending to new areas. Plans to create 40
new clubs in both districts will be linked to district assembly structures to increase synergy.
Activity 2: Training for Effective Management of Clubs
A total of 80 teachers will be trained to manage the 40 new clubs that will be created. This training is
complemented by training of 2 youth mentors per club to serve as club youth leaders. A total of 80 youth
mentors will be trained. The training program will also be extended to the Cluster leader/Primary Education
Advisor. At least 10 Cluster leaders/Primary Education Advisors from the two districts will be trained on club
and leader monitoring and supervision, complementing Ministry of Education and MTTA district supervision
systems.
Activity 3: Development and Dissemination of Materials
The third activity under this project will be the development and dissemination of materials to promote
school-community, and inter-generational dialogue around HIV prevention. Materials will focus on
abstinence and being faithful, and on mitigation of HIV/AIDS through OVC support and skills development.
200 club guides and materials will be developed, and 6000 copies of the Chichewa version of the Sara
Comic Book Series reproduced and distributed to the club.
