We continue to encourage girls to get involved in the fight against HIV/Aids, for the past month all girls clubs were involved in community sensitisation and mobilisation in HIV/Aids issues and the rights of girls. Girls in these communities were encouraged to be responsible to their action and stand up for their rights. Each of the participating girls was assigned to reach and educate at least 10 girls from their communities about HIV/Aids (in addition each girl distributed 10 flyers containing information on HIV/Aids and their rights). From their report 512 girls have been reached and the girls reported that it was really fun to share something to their friends. "After this experience, I feel I am worth something and that I can change the world!" commented one of the girls.
We have conducted two more community performances at Misesa and Zingwangwa areas where over 1000 people attended. The activities included; Drama, songs, traditional dances, poems and acrobatic. More girls continue to show interest in taking part in the fight against girls abuse and HIV/Aids. In all these functions the response have been overwhelming. communities appreciate what their girls are doing and commended and advised them to live examplary and do what they preach.
Girls continue to interact and explore on how best they can overcome their problems. They have concluded that if given financial resources, they can work hard to sustainain themselves . Girl empowerment can not work without economic empowerment. We are exploring ways on how we can finance these girls to start small scale businesses.