“Keep a child alive” is a project of the Home Solace Programme.
It was created for the children in the local community to
provide education about HIV/AIDS, develop creativity, critical
thinking and improve children’s skills in writing, reading,
mathematics, science and French. Project is addressed to the
children between the age of 8 and 18. Lessons are carried out 3
times a week and children are divided into two age groups 8-12
and 13-18. One of the days is dedicated only to sports, when all
the children are encouraged to participate in physical
activities such as football. During the two other days they meet
in the classroom and take part in the lessons prepared by the
volunteers. The idea of the project was to create an environment
where children are able to express themselves through art; they
can play educative games, learn about HIV/AIDS or children’s
rights and ask any questions they want without being judged.
Classes involve much more interaction than school lessons and
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