a sourcebook of hiv/aids prevention programs volume 2

The Primary School AIDS Prevention Program, Kenya 143spring of 2003 and a second 18 months later, provided they remainedenrolled in the same school. ICS recruited local tailors, who visited theschools to take the measurements of all students eligible for free uniforms.They typically needed about a month to complete the uniformsfor a given school.Curricular Approach and Time AllocationThe program used a mix of interventions, two of which involved educationof learners on HIV/AIDS. Integrating these activities into the schooltimetable was left to the discretion of the schools themselves.Another intervention strategy was the training of teachers in teachinglearningabout HIV/AIDS and infusing such teaching into the regularcurriculum, following the guidelines provided in the KIE handbook. Howthey integrate teaching is left up to teachers. For this reason, the amount oftime spent on HIV/AIDS education and the way in which it was incorporatedwithin the regular curriculum vary per school.ManagementThe field team consisted of a coordinator, an assistant coordinator, and 5–15field officers, depending on the workload at the time. In addition to organizingthe activities of the field team in visiting schools, the coordinator andassistant coordinator met with educational officials to secure local supportfor the program. All members of the team visited schools to explain theproject to school officials, obtain consent from parents, carry out the interventions,and collect data for the evaluation.PartnershipsFrom its inception, the program held annual meetings with partners todiscuss the progress of the project and gain input for its continuation. Atthe local level, district education officers continuously supported theproject, facilitating entry into schools and assisting with data collectionfor evaluation.Key partners in both the implementation and evaluation of thisprogram were participating schools and teachers. Teachers made theirclassrooms available for activities, carried out activities, and provideda wealth of information for the evaluation. The funding partners forthe project were the Partnership for Child Development and theWorld Bank.(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank