O Icheke Game Guide for Field Officers - CONCURRENT SEXUAL ...

Game 1
SERIAL MONOGAMY
Ask 12 people from the audience to come to the front.
Ask 6 of them to stand in a line opposite the other 6
participants. Now ask them to hold hands with the
person in front of them. Each person is only linked to one
other person.
Ask a person from the end of the row to move to the
beginning of the row. Everyone moves down a place to
face a new partner. This is to signify a new relationship.
Now identify someone in the group as HIV positive.
Ask the participants ‘If this person is HIV positive,
who else is at risk of contracting HIV?’
Who else has the HIV positive person held
hands with? ( holding hands symbolizes having
sex)
What about the first person they held hands
with – is their current partner at risk?
So, at the beginning of the game, one person was HIV
positive but that one person has now managed to infect
3 other people. So, a total of 4 of the 12 people are now
infected with the virus. This type of relationship is called
serial monogamy

Game 2
MULTIPLE CONCURRENT PARTNERSHIPS
Ask the 12 participants to now hold hands in a circle. Identify
a person as being HIV positive. Now ask the group ‘Who
else is at risk of contracting the virus?’
The participants should identify the people that the HIV
positive person is holding hands with as the ones at risk of
contracting HIV.
Ask the participants ‘Is anyone else at risk of
contracting HIV?’
Everyone in the circle should eventually identify themselves
as HIV positive.
So now all 12 people in the group are HIV positive. ‘What
is the difference between the two games?’ The
answer is concurrency. In this game, all participants are
holding hands with 2 partners at the same time. Therefore all
12 people became infected, whereas in the first game, each
person held hands with two people, but not at the same
time. They had a break between partners so only 4 of the 12
people became infected.
Discussion guide
-Do you know people in your community who
are involved in these types of relationships?
-What are some of the reasons for having multiple
concurrent partnerships?
-What are the benefits of being in a monogamous
relationship?