Region:
Africa & Middle East
Country:
Nigeria Partners:
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN);
Action Health Incorporated (AHI);
Butterfly Works Netherlands;
Education as a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA);
Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI);
Federal Ministry of Education (HIV/Aids Unit) and Federal Ministry of Health (ARH Unit), Nigeria ;
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation USA;
MTN Foundation through their SchoolConnect Program implemented by SchoolNet;
The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC);
World Population Foundation;
Oxfam Novib Netherlands;
Activities:
Learning about Living was launched in 2007 and uses different educational tools to teach reproductive health and promote the HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programme among adolescents in Nigeria. eLearning tool on sexual and reproductive health and rights is aimed at students as well as teachers and parents. MyQuestion and MyAnswer is a Q&A service that uses mobile phone technology to engage young people and offers confidential advice. More than 53,000 text messages were received within the first year.
Further reading:
Learning About Living 2009, About The Program
One World and Butterfly Works 2008, Learning About Living, Video (9min17)
OneWorld UK, Learning About Living
Butterfly Works, Learning: Learning About Living
[added in January 2010]
