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ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION Food for the Hungry (FH), a Track 1 ABY partner, implements activities in Nigeria as a part of a multi-country program. The funding in this Activity Description will support FH's Nigeria program, which FH implements through three major subpartners: TEKAN, the Salvation Army and the Nazarene Church. FH currently supports activities in the 20 states where TEKAN, Salvation Army and Nazarene churches exist, and expansion efforts will be closely coordinated wih the USG's geographic strategy to saturate program areas and contribute to multiple and reinforcing messaging which promote behaviour change.
FH began implementing its ABY program in Nigeria in FY05. In FY07, FH will continue scaling-up its program through the expansion of its two main interventions: Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) groups and faithfulness groups. Y2Y groups aim to increase the commitment of individuals to abstinence and faithfulness. Designed to reach unmarried youth between the ages of 10-24, these Y2Y groups consist of leader youth (LY) and promoters. Each LY shares what they learn with a small group of peers. Trained national promoters and local co-promoters assist, coach and mentor these LYs through the Y2Y groups. Culturally-appropriate materials help to guide the Y2Y discussions that address issues relating to relationships, sex, HIV/AIDS and its impact on the community. Through these small-group discussions and the multiplier effect of the LY, the Y2Y groups promote abstinence before marriage and faithfulness in marriage as healthy and desirable sexual choices.
FH's faithfulness groups emphasize faithfulness to married men and women between the ages of 15-49. The faithfulness groups utilize a culturally-appropriate and evidence-based curriculum to guide small group interactions that promote messages about fidelity and responsible behavior. To complement the faithfulness groups, FH implements faithfulness-training workshops that engage married adults and influential religious and community leaders in discussions on relationships, sex and HIV/AIDS and its impact on the community.
In September 2007, FH will begin preparations to scale out its second cohort of Y2Y and faithfulness groups. People will be reached through these events and introduced to the ideas of abstinence and faithfulness. From these meetings the new Y2Y and faithfulness groups will be formed. The impact the Y2Y and faithfulness groups has on communities continues to be tremendous. Both programs encourage discussion and dialogue within the family and larger community that address various social issues related to HIV/AIDS. Youth participating in the Y2Y groups are encouraged to share what they are learning with their parents and peers. Faith-based groups and communities are encouraged to discuss and address societal issues that arise from HIV/AIDS. Influential adults within the community and faith community continue to be identified and trained to serve as mentors to the youth and others in the community. This will help transform those under their influence.
Lastly, FH will commence skills training and provide start up capital for income generating activities for out of school youth. Seeking to address a specialized need, FH will identify and work alongside sister organizations to engage youth in this program. The USG team will facilitate linkages with other IGA activities so that best practices can be developed and lessons learned can be shared and capitalized on.
CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA Through the Y2Y and faithfulness groups, FH will promote abstinence and faithfulness to youth and adults as a means of reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Working through faith-based and community groups, the Y2Y and faithfulness groups will introduce and encourage participants in the program to make healthy and positive sexual choices. FH will work alongside its faith-based and community group partners to train 15,807 LY and influential adults to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through abstinence and/or being faithful and to reach 65,704 youth and adults through community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention through abstinence and/or being faithful. In addition, 667 people will be reached through AB awareness meetings and 52,472,000 listeners will be reached through mass media. FH will reach its targets by implementing activities with 1,661 churches, schools, Y2Y groups and other community organizations.
LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES FH's goal is to integrate its program into the lives of the churches, schools and
communities where it works. FH works to promote community acceptance of abstinence and faithfulness as healthy sexual choices and to actively promote them as social norms. FH integrates these messages into other program activities with its partners, including FH's work with pastors and other church leaders, youth, women's fellowships, secondary schools, seminaries and Bible schools, health programs, and diaconal ministries. FH builds the capacities of the national churches to continue promotion of abstinence and faithfulness when this project ends. As there are currently no direct links with other USAID/PEPFAR activities, the USG prevention team will actively promote linkages with implementing partners involved in other activities that will improve the response to HIV and AIDS.
POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED FH targets unmarried youth between the ages of 10-24, including girls, boys, students in the upper classes of primary schools, secondary school students, university students 24 years old or younger, and out-of-school youth. Married men and women between the ages of 15-49 are also targeted.
KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ADDRESSED The ongoing activities of FH will continue to address a variety of key legislative issues. Gender equality continues to be addressed through the Y2Y and faithfulness groups. The curriculum used by these groups is very intentional in promoting equality between males and females. Training will also continue to be provided for the volunteer mentors, parents, teachers, religious and community leaders in an effort to raise awareness of and reduce sexual coercion, violence, cross-generational sex and other unhealthy sexual behaviours in the community. This training also addresses the stigma that exists within Nigerian society towards those with HIV/AIDS.
EMPHASIS AREAS A major emphasis of the above activities continues to be the involvement and mobilization of the communities as FH promotes abstinence and faithfulness to Nigerian youth and influential adults. Closely associated with this is the minor emphasis of capacity development for local organizations. Local organizations are empowered to address AIDS within their communities through the training of LY, volunteers, mentors, and key community and religious leaders. The focus is on developing their skills and building their capacity to promote abstinence and faithfulness and to address HIV/AIDS.
