a sourcebook of hiv/aids prevention programs volume 2

The School Health Education Program (SHEP), Ghana 81Box 4.2: Examples of NGO Programs Operating in Ghana: World Education and Child andTeen FocusWorld Education established the Strengthening HIV/AIDS Partnership in Education (SHAPE)program in Ghana in 2001. In its first phase, the program worked in about 90 schools andcommunities in 15 districts. In 2005 the program entered a second phase, which aims to:• improve the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of students, parents, and teachers regardingHIV/AIDS• increase the number of school-based activities related to HIV education, prevention, andsupport• increase the capacity of the education sector to respond to the epidemic• increase the capacity of teacher training colleges to address HIV/AIDS.SHEP staff have worked with SHAPE in a variety of areas, including:• policy development• preservice and in-service teacher training in participatory methodologies• school-based risk-reduction education• participatory and peer-to-peer education (life skills for students and teachers)• involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS (providing unique perspectives and experiencesthat can help young people reduce their own risk and eliminate bias toward people livingwith HIV/AIDS)• better linkages with health services (particularly youth-friendly services)• strengthened systems of nonformal and community education, particularly for out-of-schoolyouth.Partnership is a reciprocal relationship. As well as providing input into design and implementationof SHAPE activities, SHEP staff have also received capacity-building training andexpert input from SHAPE. CSOs deliver many SHAPE activities on the ground. District SHEPcoordinators oversee implementation of such interventions.Child and Teen Focus is a small-scale NGO that aims to reach adolescents with informationon sexuality and to provide counseling services on adolescent reproductive health. The programoperates in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A partner ofWorld Education’s SHAPE program, it undertakes teacher training; training of peer educators(in schools and communities); counseling services to schools and communities; radio programs;interactive lectures; and workshops and seminars.SHEP district coordinators play an important role in enabling Child and Teen staff to collaborateand interact with schools in their area. They also help heads of schools select teachingstaff for program training.that proposed activities are in line with the General Education ServicesHIV/AIDS Education Curriculum and Teachers’ Manual and the Alertmodel. Should stakeholders deviate significantly from the content or operationof the activities agreed with the SHEP coordinator, permission tooperate within schools may be withdrawn. In support of stakeholders,(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank