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Young people talking to young people Having a real impact on young people with regard to prevention and health is not an easy task. That is why 240 young leaders from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Sultanate of Oman have been trained to educate their peers on sensitive topics such as the AIDS virus, drug abuse and injury. This project saw the light of day thanks to the establishment of a strategic alliance with the World Health Organization (WHO). Some individual projects had already been set up in the past few years thanks to partnerships with UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNESCO and UNHCR. In Oman, the Ministry of Health has opted for a solution of peer-to-peer AIDS education. It has entrusted this mission to the National Organisation for Scouts and Guides. Today, thousands of young Scouts and Guides are expanding their health knowledge through computer programmes and question-and-answer sessions. This programme is supported by UNICEF, which is in charge of the media coverage.
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The goal is that these young people can then spread the word among their peers and make prevention as efficient-a-tool
Eradicating leprosy
as possible. The UNICEF Representative in Oman, June Kunugi, says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young people usually respond better to messages
The World Health Organization identified Nepal and India as being two of the five countries in the world where leprosy
to protect themselvesâ&#x20AC;?. For her part, Marwa Munsoor, aged 15, recognises the value of an open dialogue on AIDS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every
is seriously endemic. Today, Scouts and Guides are not only working non-stop to eliminate leprosy but also to fight
citizen should be informed about this virus and especially us, young people, because we are the future.â&#x20AC;?
prejudice against lepers. The Scouts and Guides undergo intensive training related to leprosy awareness and eradica-
This programme is aimed at developing healthy habits and basic communication skills in young people and at making them
tion. The most inspiring feature of this project is that they go to patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes and wash them, which establishes
aware of the importance of looking after themselves. It is easily implemented in schools, clubs and colleges, and it
a certain trust and credibility between the Scouts, the lepers and the villagers.
does not require many resources and/or preparation.
from their peers rather than from adults and are therefore more likely to let themselves be convinced of the necessity
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