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News Soul City series 11 addresses burning issues Oct 20, 2011 5th SA AIDS Conference in Durban May 23, 2011 Evaluation of the Southern African Regional Social and Behaviour Change Communication Programme Mar 25, 2011 More news…
	Info Education Material & Training THE EDUCATION TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT UNIT The Education, Training and Development unit is a unit that develops training material and training courses that educates people about HIV and AIDS and other health related issues. OUR VISION IS: To expand, deepen and sustain the impact of Soul City’s mass media work through high quality training and materials thereby making an impact on skills and information at a community level. OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ARE: • To develop high quality training materials and training courses • To reach hard-to-reach people with Soul City training and materials especially around HIV and AIDS in all provinces of South Africa. • To impact on training skills and information at a community level thereby sustaining the impact of mass media • To promote the Soul City brand at community level thus making Soul City real • To be proactive and responsive in meeting the training needs of Soul City • To provide quality assurance for the training provided by Soul City Outreach and all our training partners How are the above objectives realised? • By working with 18 partner organisations that are based in the nine provinces in South Africa. • By training 3 to 4 trainers from these organisations on how to use the Soul City materials to train in their own communities • By providing the organisations with a budget to facilitate a set number of training and education sessions in their communities • By making Soul City materials available to those groups and communities who are able to provide further education Who gets trained by the partners in communities? - Community Based Organisations - Faith Based Organisations - Non Governmental Organisations - Labour Unions - Other community structures Types of training courses offered • Level one course Accredited - Unit Standard Title: Apply accurate information about HIV and AIDS to everyday life. HIV and AIDS basic information • Level four course Course for community educators • Course for our master trainers Course meant for trainers that will train other trainers • Domestic violence course To educate the different groups in the communities about domestic violence The Soul City HIV and AIDS materials pack consists of: - 2 Comics, George’s Story and Simanga’s Choice available in five languages - A set of eight HIV and AIDS posters, designed to be used in facilitated education sessions. - 4 handbooks - AIDS in our community, Living positively with HIV and AIDS, Anti- Retroviral Treatment for Life and Know your body –your Reproductive Health book. - 4 User friendly Workbooks 1. Living positively with HIV and AIDS 2. Women, Children and HIV and AIDS 3. You and your Anti –Retroviral treatment 4. Counseling skills for non counselors - Amulti-lingual video with English subtitles – The story of Lizzie and George. This is based on the story and characters from the second and third TV series of Soul City. The story follows what happens to Lizzie and George when they find out they are HIV positive. - A comprehensive user guide supports facilitators using the different materials. Related content An Evaluation Of The Old Mutual/ Soul City Hiv/Aids Community Mobilisation Programme, Final Report, May 2004 Mother And Child Health Materials Water And Sanitation Materials The HIV and AIDS Action Pack The Violence Against Women Training Materials The Soul City partner training organisations Lifeskills

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