Stop unsafe sex:

Impact on AIDS and unwanted pregnancy

Table of contents
1.

Context of the project.............................................................................................. 3

2.

Beneficiaries of the project........................................................................................ 4

3.

Objectives of the project........................................................................................... 4

4.

Output................................................................................................................. 5

5.

SWOT Analysis..................................................................................................... 5

6.

Activities and Calendar............................................................................................ 7

7.

Inputs.................................................................................................................. 8

8.

Organization and administration................................................................................. 8

9.

Assumptions......................................................................................................... 9

10.

Legal considerations............................................................................................ 9

11.

Communication.................................................................................................. 9

12.

Monitoring...................................................................................................... 10

1. Context of the project

In Adigrat, as in other parts of Ethiopia and elsewhere in the world, people embark on
their sexual lives when they are in their teens-often in there early or mid-teens. And yet to
date, there is no reproductive health education in schools that would prepare girls and boys
to avoid early sex or to adopt safer sexual practices.
High levels of teen pregnancies, and pregnancy outside of marriage, do tell us two things:
young people are very sexually active, and few of them use condoms. If young people are
having unsafe sex with several partners, or if their single partner has ever had other
partners, they are exposed not just to unwanted pregnancy but to infection with sexually
transmitted diseases, including the one that can kill them: HIV.
Often, girls become infected at younger ages than boys. This age gap at infection indicates
that young girls are getting infected through sex with older men. Many girls may choose
such relationships because they come with gifts, money or other favors attached. But some
will simply have been powerless to resist. Unsafe and unwilling sex with an infected
partner carries a high risk of HIV infection for girls. As infection raises in the general
population, so does the likelihood of encountering an infected partner early in one's sexual
career. Over time, then, new infections become increasingly concentrated in the youngest
age groups.
Young people continue to be at risk catching of HIV/AIDS throughout their sexually
active lives and all should benefit from services and information that allow them to reduce
their risk of infection. However, efforts to promote safer behavior are especially crucial for
young people, who in mature epidemics are those at greatest risk. Prevention efforts also
seem to have a greater chance of success among younger people than among people whose
sexual habits are well ingrained. For example, following active condom promotion and
education campaigns in schools, colleges, Universities and among youth groups, dramatic
declines have been recorded in infection rates and unwanted pregnancy among teenagers
in Ethiopia.

2. Beneficiaries of the project

The beneficiaries of this project are the youth especially students and staff members of
higher institutions like Adigrat University. These large numbers of students following
their higher education every academic year in the regular and extension programs, are
very young and vulnerable for HIV/AIDS, and highly exposed to drug using and alcohol
drinking. Hence the campaign Stop unsafe sex will create awareness and come to
change this young generation to keep risk from HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancy and
related disease also works for a good citizen.

3. Objectives of the project

3.1.1. General objective
The main objective of this project will be to stop unsafe sex: Impact on AIDS and
unwanted pregnancy.
3.1.2. Specific objectives
1. To reduce the spread of HIV/ AIDS by providing access of appropriate and
meaningful information, raising awareness and encouraging discussion across
university students through Entertainment (educative and informative ceremonies)
prioritizing young people(in Adigrat university).
2. To show some education enhancing musical festivals, seminar, conference and
media/TV, radio/special programs focusing on the unsafe sex, HIV/AIDS and
unwanted pregnancies in collaboration with Adigrat University, colleges and bureau
of health in Adigrat town
3. To strengthen Stakeholder partnerships between AIDS agencies and organizations
representing the target groups;
4. To reduce the level of HIV risk practices and unwanted pregnancies related to
unsafe sex among target groups.
5. To improve access of target groups to unsafe sex related HIV harm reduction and
unwanted pregnancy info and services through musical festivals, seminar,
conference and media/TV, radio/special programs.
6. To build the capacity of targeted health facilities to integrate unsafe sex and
associated risk counseling in their existing services.

4. Output
The project will come out with the following results:

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Create awareness among the target group,

Increase knowledge of condom and sexual related dieses,
Increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS,
Comes to see the behavioral change safe sexual reproductive health.
Increase condom use, especially for high-risk sex;
Increase the proportion of young people identifying a formal source of condoms;
Increase the proportion of young people more than 18 years of age with
comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS; and Reduce drag using in targeted
university.

5. SWOT Analysis
A. Strengths
The main strength of this project is positive features identified that may bolster activities
targeting young university students will be:

the existence of trained staff, technical support at the zonal levels, organizations with a

wide range of experience that are capable of assisting, training and advising others;
The production and distribution of booklets, leaflets and posters will be available,

Seminars and a Music Festival ready for operation,

The recognition that Stop unsafe sax and HIV/AIDS clubs in the university and colleges

and schools will be available and the collaboration of supporters,

Infrastructure: the existence of offices and technical teams; different departments and

faculties, individuals and groups, a sense of commitment;

B. Weaknesses
The following are negative points existing:

Absence of local and international financial support; there will be few sponsors,
The lack of leadership and participative planning, training and experience among human

resources; overwork and exhaustion.

There is a lot of talk but projects lack sustainability.
Problems affecting the unsafe sex in the community:
Low self-esteem because of the supremacy of the society counting sexual talk as taboo
C. Opportunities
Existing opportunities are:

Support from the zonal of health office and the desire of other organizations to become

involved in the area;

Alliances and exchanges among governmental and nongovernmental organizations;

Expanding information about the project movements workshops for journalists having

access for mass media and social Medias like facebook.

Improve support from the private sectors, governmental and non-governmental
sponsors Improve access to information and drugs; make use of modern technology

such as telecommunications.
Improve the organization of the clubs and associations involved in stop unsafe sex and

AIDS and its networks.

D. Threats
The main threat will be:

This project is not sustainable in that the message is no longer conveyed once the

seminars, music festivals, and conference take place

Obtaining the necessary funding to implement campaign;
Failure to respect national laws and limited use of legal mechanisms;
Students and other individuals may reluctant to participate in the event.
Weakness in medical and hospital infrastructure;
Sex talk phobia among students, health-care workers and fear of HIV/AIDS.
Discrimination against young HIV/AIDS positive, stigmatization of vulnerable groups,
Opposition by the church and religious ideas that hinder the expression of sexuality and
the Sex talk phobia tradition.

6. Activities and Calendar

The Project will be going over a year from about September 2016- August 2016.
Campaign activities will be in quarterly phases (every 13 weeks).
The projects activities and their respected schedules are as follows.
Activity
Activity 1: Leadership and Strategy Support
1.1. : Appointment of the Youth Policy &

Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4

X

1:2, HIV/AIDS Advisor

1.2. Youth related issues published in magazines

1.3.

Awareness-raising workshop with students

and staff members

Activity 2: Mass Media and IPC (Interpersonal
communication) Materials
2.1. Develop mass media and IPC material
production Plans while musical campaigns

2.2.

Provincial radio phone-in program

development
Broadcast of provincial radio phone-in

2.3.

program with Monitoring while Make seminars

and conferences for teachers and students
Regular publication of print articles and

2.4.

columns
2.5. Design and production of IPC materials
2.6. Monitor distribution, use, and impact of IPC

materials
Develop website and create facebook group

2.7.

X
X

and monitor usage for feedback and/or

modification
Make seminars and conferences for teachers

2.8.

and students
2.9. Training for print, TV, and radio journalists
Activity 3: Project Management
3.1. The campaign and Project Management

X
X
X

established with funds transferred

3.2. advisers: youth policy, Monitoring and

capacity building
3.3. Develop project Monitoring framework and

reporting system
Baseline survey, midterm and monitoring

3.4.

report

7. Inputs

Facilitator training and training and training materials

Participant recruitment strategies and materials
Facility space
Peer facilitators

8. Organization and administration

Organizing the relationships between project partners and stakeholders, solving problems and
maintaining community support and involvement in projects are primary management
functions.

University deans and deans, school principals, heads of governmental and non- governmental
bureaus as well as religious leaders a Adigrat town will be approached as a collaborative
effort between project partners and members of the community. Involving youth and
organizing peer networks is integral to effective intervention. Strengthening and mobilizing
sex target group networks and building their capacity and safer working environments will
part project management,

9. Assumptions

Women may decide to not use condoms because they may not respond to messages that

are not culturally and gender specific

Women may decide to not stop unsafe sex because they may not have the communication

skills to negotiate desire to practice safer behaviors

Youth are more likely to adopt a behavior if given the opportunity to learn
Youth are more likely to adopt a behavior if given the opportunity to learn about the
behavior

10. Legal considerations

The project will give a great emphasis to taking proclamations and reviewing the legal
analysis.
The recognition and consideration of legal issues is fundamental to health practice and
professional conduct, and working with children and young adults raises many legal
challenges. Working with young adults requires careful consideration of the developmental
stage of the individual and the legal status of that person.
During the campaign, status and reporting requirements that raise legal issues related to an
individuals privacy and confidentiality will be part of the projects concern.
Giving awareness that it is expected a person is legally required to disclose his/her HIV status
to sexual partners is part of project drive too.

11. Communication
The communication will be held with:

Students, Teachers, staff members of schools, colleges

Disabled People
Community Leaders

Religious Leaders
Health Workers
General Public
Governmental and non-governmental organizations in Adigrat as well as Mekelle

towns
AIDS agencies and organizations representing the target groups;

For the project related communications, telephone, fax, postages, email, University websites,
social medias like facebook and mass medias like newspapers and radios will be used

12. Monitoring
Monitoring of unsafe sex and HIV/AIDS-related campaign and projects are a key challenge
for the Government. There will be significant technical expertise directed at establishing a
zonal monitoring system. It is expected that all regional and national supported projects will
utilize a common set of monitoring indicators.
The Project will also support some ongoing analysis of data to further develop and refine
youth- and media -related measures, both as an input to refining the design of this Project and
for adoption in other activities, including the Governments regional system.
The Project management unit will work to ensure that timely and effective data collection
systems are in place and that information collected is analyzed and used to refine project
activities through the course of monitoring.
The project will prepare quarterly technical reports, which will include project work
information, goals for the immediate future and analysis of lessons learned.