Tuko Pamoja: A Guide for Peer Educators (entire - Path

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Main points • Values are beliefs, principles, or ideas that are important to us. • Our values guide our behaviour, decisions, and opinions. Activity: Take a stand Group members vote with their feet as they “take a stand” on different issues. Group members move to the side of the meeting space to show whether they agree or disagree with a statement. 1. Read a statement aloud and ask players to go stand to the right side of the space if they agree and the left side if they disagree. Remind group members that these are opinions so there are no right or wrong answers. After each statement, ask people from each side to explain why they agree or disagree. After each statement and discussion ask group members to come back to the middle and read the next statement. You can also ask group members to each write one statement on a piece of paper and collect them and read those out. Ten to fifteen statements are enough. Sample statements: • Youths under age18 should not be allowed access to contraceptives. • Boys should be allowed to have premarital sex but girls should not. • A man loves his wife if he uses a condom with his girlfriend. • A prostitute who gets AIDS deserves it. • Only promiscuous girls buy condoms. • HIV testing is a good idea. • If a wife does something wrong, like burn the food for dinner, it is ok for her husband to hit her. • Girls who wear short skirts are asking to be raped. • I would be friends with someone who is HIV positive. • Being faithful to one partner is easier for girls than boys. 2. After all of the statements have been read and discussed, ask group members the following questions: • What values did you think about when you were voting? • Were there any statements that you felt strongly about (either in agreement or disagreement)? • How do our values influence our thoughts and feelings? • Did you find that any of your opinions changed after listening to the other point of view?
3. Adolescence Objectives By the end of this session, group members will be able to: • Define adolescence. • List physical changes that happen to boys during puberty. • List physical changes that happen to girls during puberty. • List emotional changes that happen during puberty. Puberty Background notes Adolescence is the time in everyone’s life when they change from a child into an adult. This includes changes in our bodies and changes in our thoughts and feelings. Adolescence is the time between 10 and 19 years. Puberty is a time when the bodies of boys and girls change – bodies grow bigger and taller, sex organs mature, and hair often starts growing in new places. During puberty, a girl is able to become pregnant and a boy is able to father a child. New chemicals produced by the body, called hormones, create changes in the body and turn young people into adults. Puberty normally starts between ages 8 to 13 in girls, and ages 10 to15 in boys, although some young people start puberty a bit earlier or later. People are different, so everyone starts puberty at their own pace. During puberty, young people grow a lot. Puberty lasts for about 2-5 years. Some people grow 10 cm or more in one year! This growth during puberty is the last time the body will grow taller. When the growth period is over, young people will be at their adult height. Body changes in boys Boys’ shoulders grow wider, and their bodies become more muscular. Some body parts (especially hands and legs) may grow faster than others. Some boys have uncomfortable pains in their arms and legs as the bones grow faster than the muscles can stretch to keep up with them. Some boys develop swelling under their nipples, which looks like the start of breasts. This is normal and it happens because of hormones that are active throughout the body. It will usually go away with time. During puberty, boys will start to have erections and wet dreams. An erection is when the penis gets stiff and becomes bigger than usual. Boys can get erections sometimes when they do not want them.
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You cannot get HIV infection from:
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• Weight loss. • Fever for more
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