Soul Beat Africa
African development action with informed and engaged societies
Soul Beat Africa
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Teacher Training

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This paper identifies that teachers are a link in providing valuable information about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS to youth. But to do so effectively, they need to understand the subject, acquire good teaching techniques, and understand what is developmentally and culturally appropriate. This paper aims to be useful to ministries of education, teachers associations, teacher training schools, nongovernmental organisations working to expand HIV/AIDS education, and ultimately, through these groups to youth themselves.

The first two chapters put teacher training in the context of school-based RH/HIV education and summarise the limited research available on the topic. The paper then focuses on the African context, identifying particular challenges (Chapter 3) and summarising teacher training projects in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe (Chapter 4). The next two chapters assess two key aspects of the topic: the selection of teachers and the elements of a teacher training curriculum. The closing chapter presents summary observations and conclusions.

Click here to view the paper online and (scroll to Paper No. 3).
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