This is a continuing activity under COP08.

The FY2007 reprogramming narrative below has not been changed.

This Track One funding will continue Food for the Hungry's (FFH) "Healthy Choices" AB program promoting

delay of sexual debut, abstinence and fidelity behaviors among youth and adults to increase knowledge and

create supportive communities for AB behavior change. Youth to Youth peer groups, with support from

FFHI staff, volunteer church members or community group leaders, will continue to use the skills-based

"Choose Life" HIV awareness curriculum to foster behavior change at the community level. Youth play a

pivotal role in sharing and advocating AB lessons to their family members and other members of the

community.

Parents and other protective adult influences will continue to be actively involved in both youth focused

programs and larger community/faith based programs for behavior change. Adults will be trained to

educate and counsel their youth on abstinence and healthy sexuality using stories and other techniques

appropriate to the local context. Influential leaders, pastors and teachers will continue to receive training

on building a supportive environment in which healthier sexual behaviors are normalized and promoted.

Using the newly develop "B" curriculum, FFH will intensify programs aimed at increasing the self risk

perception among older, single youth, parents and other adults. In particular, activities focused on

fidelity/partner reduction will emphasize the importance of knowing one's status through counseling and

testing to effective protection through mutual fidelity.

Other activities include:

--radio broadcasting of locally produced, youth generated programs of youth discussions and interviews on

HIV and AB;

--Community focus group discussions to identify key messages for community-led Awareness Campaigns

through theatre, song and dance;

--Fidelity programs focused on married young couples;

--Youth to Parent outreach to reinforce AB behaviors in the home and to improve youth-parent

communication skills;

-inviting MOH Counseling and Testing staff to speak with youth and adults about procedures and benefits of

counseling and testing

The main emphasis area of FFH's AB program is Community Mobilization/Participation. Key legislative

issues addressed are Gender (Reducing Violence and Coercion) and Stigma. Community discussions will

address sexual coercion and unhealthy sexual behavior, including transgenerational and transactional sex.

Particular focus will be given to respond to cultural practices that increase girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

Healthy Choices teaches youth that people with HIV can still be productive members of the community and

live long healthy lives. Information about HIV testing and group visits to testing centers help youth

overcome the fear that prevents them from getting tested and reduces stigma as more and more youth get

tested and consider it a normal health care activity.

This activity will take place in Maputo City and the provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Sofala

and Tete provinces. Target populations for this program include: Children and Youth (Girls, Boys, Primary

and Secondary Students), Adult men and women, community and religious leaders, and community and

faith based organizations. Regular M&E will be strengthened by Quarterly partners meetings between FFH

and its three sub-partners.