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Youth Alive Movement
"YAP" was founded in 1994 in Uganda, and is being introduced to
the whole of Africa by the Missionaries of Africa.
Aims and Objectives of the "Youth Alive Movement"
One of the major contributors to the spread of HIV / AIDS (remove link) is
ignorance, making "educators" key to controlling the spread of the
epidemic. Aggressive educational and prevention programs have decreased the
rates of HIV infections in countries where they have been implemented.
The YAP uses various educational programs to help young people face the AIDS
crisis through behavior change. It favors abstinence for the unmarried and
fidelity for the married. It's members commit themselves to adopting this life
style, in the name of their Catholic faith. While most of the members are
Catholic, some belong to other religious denominations, including members of the
Muslim Community.
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Youth Alive Conference,
Kempala, Uganda, Jan 2003
Fr. Frank Rossman on the
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Youth Alive Products:
Sale of Batiks, T-Shirts, and Spice Cards | |
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| Participants in
"Behavior Change" Seminar, August 2002 | |
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"Youth Alive Festival", Jan 2003:
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"YAP" Activities
Knowing how important "education" is in the prevention of AIDS, the
Missionaries of Africa have awarded grants to groups such as the one headed by
Patric Ogen. Over the nine years since the creation of the YAP club in Mbarara,
Uganda, the members of the
Y.A.M. have displayed outstanding commitment and enthusiasm in their role as
educators. Here is what they have been able to achieve:
Knowing how important "education" is in the prevention of AIDS, the
Missionaries of Africa have awarded grants to YAM groups, which have displayed
outstanding commitment and enthusiasm in their role as educators. Here are
exmples of what has been achieved:
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Seminars and awareness workshops on AIDS and HIV/AIDS prevention.
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Crisis / counseling sessions and educational workshops.
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Youth and Parent Counseling Center, where families can go for help concerning
AIDS or other problems that the youth have to face.
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"Street corner evangelization".
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Conduct "Music, Drama and Poetry Festivals".
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Hold "Life Skills Programs" primary and secondary schools.
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Produced video shows for schools and communities.
The "Youth Alive Movement" has received the approval, support and backing of
many diocese throughout East and Central Africa Here are a few words of
encouragement from the Archbishop of Dar es Salam, Tanzania:
"By advocating behavior change as a means of controlling the spread of
HIV/AIDS, the Youth Alive Movement is propagating the correct approach which
deserves encouragement and support from all people of good will."
-- Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
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