| Considering
the enormous needs of the young people in AHI's target
communities and our limitation in meeting all these
needs effectively, it is imperative for us to strengthen
the capacity of other community groups to contribute
towards meeting the development needs of the young people
in their communities. This was the goal of the recent
two-day sensitization and capacity-building programme
held for community leaders and youth volunteer groups
at AHI.
The meeting commenced with an overview of AHI's activities,
during which the participants became acquainted with
AHI's vision and mission, and our activities, accomplishments
and challenges since founding.
Following this introduction, the participants took
turns to air their views on giving young people access
to comprehensive information about sexuality and growing
up.
The participants resolved to mobilize their communities
to become more involved in raising awareness about the
challenges young people face, and to support public
and private initiatives aimed at improving their holistic
development. As part of their resolution, they will
organize periodic sensitisation programmes, through
which other members of the community will become aware
of the importance of providing young people accurate
information about sexuality and growing up.
The meeting also presented an opportunity for community
members who had been individually involved with AHI
in the past to share their experience with the group.
Many of them reported better communication with their
children on sexuality-related matters. Some fathers
even cited examples of how they had talked to their
daughters about menstruation, which in the past would
have been left to mothers, if at all discussed.
Related resources
Fact
sheet on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of
Young People in Nigeria
Meeting the
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Young People
in Nigeria
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