World AIDS Day 2007: African credit unions raise awareness
Free Testing Sites and Innovative Education Exemplify Leadership
The World Council of African Credit Unions USAID-funded Cooperative Development Program, in partnership with Jhpiego, an international health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University, supported the launch of an HIV/AIDS peer educator program with Mwalimu SACCO (savings and credit co-operatives) in 2006. The peer education model is based on the idea that groups of members can be trained to effect change in others. Peer educators are trained to be opinion leaders and act as agents of change by disseminating information and influencing their communities.
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