Dear All
How is the going over there?
Tutoring our students to assist them on passing their grades successfully was one part of the project, last week we started our first tutor in their respective schools. All the students attended the tutor. Volunteers of Green and Wealthy Ethiopia who are students at bahir Dar University took part in this program under the supervision of the school directors.

The relation created between our students and their mentors became strong as a result they are frequently coming in contact to discus about their work condition, education and other social matters.

20 out of our 30 students deposited money in their account as their first saving that was being agreed at the beginning .hopefully the rest will do it soon before the end of this month.

Our students are becoming more familiar with their business and becoming known in their work especially their customers know our students back ground and understand our intention this helped us to attract our customers to us and most of clients are encouraging the initiative and promised to be our customer for long time.

This is really amazing.

Amare

GYCA Friends,

Briefly, all activities carried out were about HIV teaching sessions. We provide HIV/AIDS accurate knowledge to children and youth in order to empower them so that they should be able to protect themselves and teach it to others ;their relatives and colleagues.
Within these two past weeks, we held teaching sessions for about 200 pupils at BUKOMEYE Primary School and we continue sessions for LIBA Anti-AIDS Club members.
All sessions were well held and productive.
Let me mention that the BUKOMEYE Youth Anti-AIDS Club has been launched on this 12th October and it is ready to start youth mobilisation at BUKOMEYE Village.
In Rwanda it is now a raining season and I want to give thanks to all volunteers who walked under the rain coming back from village after teaching session at LIBA and Anti-AIDS Club launching at BUKOMEYE.

Thanks again for all organisations and individuals who are supporting technically our project.
Look forward receiving you comments and advices.

Thank you.

We have been conducting community performance in three locations namely; Chimwankhunda, Zingwangwa and Misesa. In all these communities 52 trained peer educators have been involved in sensitizing the communities through drama performances, songs and talent display. our main message in all these communities was "Protect a girl child from abuse and HIV/Aids, is everyone's responsibility". After the performance, I had the opportunity to talk about the rights of girls and how families and communities can support and promote girls to become useful citizens.

We have also started a netball league for participating girls, write now the clubs are meeting twice a week to practice and discuss important issues affecting them.

All the participating girls are now involved in peer to peer information sharing in their respective communities. It is expected that each peer educator will target and train 10 peers on HIV/Aids and gender issues. Each peer educator will mobilise these girls and form a club with them which she will be in charge. At the end of the day we are going to have 50 plus network of girls clubs in five community as a multiplier effect of this project.

I planned to conduct a refresher workshop on HIV/Aids so as to deepen their understanding in HIV/Aids.

Hi GYCA Friends,

In order to empower rural youth anti-AIDS Clubs, we are on a stage of holding teaching sessions. For the second session at LIBA we taught the club members about Reproductive Health and Family Planning. It were interesting topics for these young people. The session was interactive and interesting on both sides. That was for the LIBA Anti-AIDS Club.

For another Anti-AIDS Club being initiated at BUKOMEYE Village, recruitment process has somehow been delayed and sessions would start within upcoming weeks. Also Next week, specific sessions will be held for primary school pupils at BUKOMEYE Primary school.
Also we have already contacted Centre DUSHISHOZE and NYANTANGA Hospital for VCT Services. We are planning to provide VCT free services just after having taught all topics on HIV/AIDS and VCT.

Thanks for all organisations and individuals who are supporting technically our project.

Look forward receiving you comments and advices.

Thank you.