The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly in conjunction with Humanitarian Foundation, an NGO have organised a two-day workshop for 30 pupils as peer educators on HIV and AIDS.
The workshop, which was sponsored by the Ghana AIDS Commission,was part of efforts to reduce the spread of the pandemic in the
country.
Participants made up of two pupils each and teachers from 20 basic schools were taken through topics such as basic facts about HIV and AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the role of a peer educator and how to document and give feedback on peers.
Mr Richard Dela Dankye, Deputy Co-ordinating Director of the District, said the disease was devastating therefore; curbing it should not be left on the government alone.
Mr Dankye, who is also the District Monitoring and Evaluation Focal Person for HIV and AIDS, urged the participants to transmit the
knowledge and skills they had acquired to their colleagues as well as their families and people in their communities.
He advised the children to avoid immoral acts to prevent them from unwanted pregnancies.
Mr Dankye also appealed to the pupils to take necessary precaution against drug abuse and alcohol intake, marijuana and watching of pornographic films and materials.
Mr Peter Agbogla, Field Co-ordinator of the Humanitarian Foundation advised participants to refrain from indulging in sex and other social vices that would ruin their lives.