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Department of Education TVET Division
HIV/AIDS & STI Teacher Guide
Lesson 22
By the end of this lesson students can…
1.1 Describe the situations when people who are affected with HIV are harmed
by stigma and discrimination
1.2 Describe situations when people who are infected with HIV are harmed by
stigma and discrimination
1.3 Explain the negative consequences of stigma and discrimination on people
affected or infected by HIV
Resources: Statement on the board before the lesson begins, picture of bridge
model, scrap paper (enough for 2 for each student), case studies written onto butcher
paper or photocopied from book (enough for 2 case studies between 4 students)
a. Introduction: (10 mins)
Write this sentence on the board:
How do people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS feel when they are being
stigmatised
Ask students to work in pairs for 5 mins and list words or phrase which describe how
PLWHA would feel. E.g. The sooner I die the better, no one cares about me, lonely,
rejection
Make a list of these words and phrases with the class.
Say, “PLWHA should not feel out of place when meeting with people who are not
infected and affected. It is a Christian duty to make them welcome.”
Now choose one student to start the lesson with the prayer they wrote for their self
study task.
b. Main Activity: (30 mins) Stigma and discrimination case studies
In groups of 4 (mixed sex if possible) ask students to read two of the case studies.
Say, “How would you feel if you were the person in the case study What would you
do if you were there”
Case study 1
One of the teachers at your school has been sick recently. They recover and return
to class but the rumour is that this teacher has got HIV. Some of your peers in the
dorm decide that they won’t go to that teacher’s class until the Headteacher sacks
them. What will you do
Case study 2
Matthew’s uncle has contracted HIV. He has started to work with the local Provincial
AIDS Committee and sharing his story. When he comes to Matthew’s village he
walks over to hug him and share buai but Matthew backs away. His uncle is upset
but tries not to show it. Later that night he notices that the cutlery he has used has
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