June 2010

The month of June went well for the prevention team and their events this month of June.
There were two school awareness days that were great. The only hiccup was schools were closing for the holiday break, so many students had gone home already after finishing their exams.
The community awareness day went well. Government officials from the police, agriculture and the prison came. About 600 people showed up for the event, lots of speeches, a candle light, songs, dramas and information shared.
There were two soccer tournaments as well. These last two were held in communities where we've already been (but Transcape has covered all of ward 22, so we had to repeat a couple until we start our new ward in July), so we found that not as many people came out for testing. The first soccer event about 400 people showed up, but the second one only around 200 people because of a funeral just up the road.
Our prevention team also did two days of surveying houses for our new ward we're moving into. Our first six months is done in ward 22, so now in July we are moving to work in ward 23. The first day of the survey 52 houses were interviewed. On the second day, 38 houses. Questions on HIV/AIDS and if they know about Transcape, support groups, home based care groups...We are planning our post surveys for our first ward, 22, in the 3rd weekend in July. This way we can see what people knew before Transcape and what people have learned from Transcape's events.