NGO trains 300 peer educators for fight AIDS

Ankaful, Oct. 1, GNA - The Fed Kastle Promotions, a Saltpond -based NGO has trained 300 peer educators in 10 communities in the Mfantseman District to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The Ghana AIDS Commission provided funds for the training workshops.

The communities were Kormantse, Anomabu, Eshirow, Biriwa, Ewoyaa and Kuntu.

The others were Abonko, Nankesedo, Saltpond and Ankaful. Miss Christine Antor, Principal Nursing Officer and Mfantseman District HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator, who was the resource persons at the workshops took the peer educators through the mode of infection, prevention, management and care for people living with the disease and on how to use both the male and female condoms.

Miss Antor advised the educators to emphasise abstinence from pre-marital sex and faithfulness to ones sexual partner rather than the use of the condom.

She cautioned them against giving wrong information about the disease to the people and urged them to seek clarification from qualified medical personnel when they were faced with problems. Mr. Francis Ejaaku Donkoh, Executive Director of the Fed Kastle Promotions appealed to the Ghana AIDS Commission and the District Assembly to provide some token allowances for peer educators to enable them to do the work effectively.

He said the rate at which the pandemic was spreading called for a concerted effort and devoted service in curbing it and urged the educators to carry the message to the people in their homes, work places and even on vehicles.

Mr Ejaaku Donkoh assured the educators that his organisation would reward those who render dedicated service.