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News & Photos:  Cohort 1 Highlights – 2006

The following represent some of successfully completed activities experienced during the Life Skills Enrichment Curriculum Cohort 1 (July 1 – October 30, 2006) by the 100 students, or SEC Student Ambassadors as they are called:

July 2006

Session 1
Cohort 1 Saturday School was launched

Session 2
July 8 session cancelled due to the death of a Hillside HS – SEC Student Ambassador.

Curriculum Day Guest Speakers

Session 3
Life Skills Enrichment class – SEC Nurse, Sister Lilly Twala on nutrition, immunization, water and sanitation issues.

Session 4
Life Skills Enrichment class – Ms. Pindila, Ministry of Agriculture in  Health, Nutrition and Home Economics

Session 5
Job Readiness Techniques class – Mr. Nkosanthi Maziya, Career Guidance Officer from the Manzini Regional Education Office.

Session 6
Life Skills Enrichment class – Sabelo Sukati, Peer Educator from Population Services International.

Session 7
Life Skills Enrichment class – Mrs. G. Zwane, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (HIV), and Mrs. Hlongwane, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (STI).

Job Readiness Techniques class – Mr. Sammy Dlamini, Marketing Manager, Standard Bank of Swaziland.

Session 10
Life Skills Enrichment class – Guest Speaker, Mr. Robert G. Thwala, Nurse and Pastor, also with Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Voluntary Counseling and Testing Department..7

Session 12
Life Skills Enrichment class – Guest Speaker, Mangoba Mabuza, FLAS Youth Team Peer Educator & University Student – living with HIV/AIDS.

Session 13
Last Saturday School activities with a Closing Program, and guest speaker Bishop Sarah F. Davis of the 18^th District AME Church to congratulate the 100 SEC Student Ambassadors.

August – December

Computer Technology Lab - Computers, software and printers installed with Internet and Video/TV Theatre equipment operational.

Job Shadowing Site-Visits

The goal was to give each Student Ambassador at least one job shadowing experience during the program:

• Swaziland International Trade Fair (SITF)

• Manzini Industrial Training College

• Manzini Milling Company

• Tum’s George Hotel

• Eagle’s Nest Egg Company

September  – December

SAMPRO – Community Outreach Activities

Mobile Testing Unit at Hillside HS for two Saturdays in October
Approximately 28 total tested the first day; 56 SEC students; 4 teachers and 6 community members attended the second Saturday. 

Manzini Youth Club – held a car wash to raise money for orphans of HIV/AIDS. 

Opening of A Children’s Clinic – SEC Student Ambassadors asked to launch the program.  Wrote and performed poems and songs about life and HIV/AIDS.

Teresa Dlamini, SEC Student Ambassador chosen by her community (Kakhoza) to participate on a Community Fundraising Committee to help the urban poor.

December 1

UN World Aids Day – held at Manzini Trade Center Stadium.  Both Cohorts 1 and 2 and other Hillside HS students attended and marched from Hillside to the Center.  SEC Student Ambassadors were asked by the Swazi Government and UNAIDS to participate. The group sang the Hillside HS “AIDS Song” written by individuals at the school, and had written poetry and a play, if time allowed.  There were four Mobile Testing Units on site with long lines.  Cabinet Ministers and members of the Royal Family were there.  

 

Photos

The following photos represent some of successfully completed activities experienced during the Life Skills Enrichment Curriculum Cohort 1 (July 1 – October 30, 2006) by the 100 students, or SEC Student Ambassadors as they are called:

The SEC Saturday School Program Launch – June 2006

The Mayor of Manzini welcomes parents, students, dignitaries and community to Hillside High School

 

SEC Saturday School Facilitator Team from Hillside High School.  Three facilitators not pictured. 

 

SEC Launch – Hillside HS Choral Singers prepare to perform their powerful “HIV/AIDS Song” in the Hillside HS Performance Hall.

 

Hillside High School in Manazi, Swaziland      

 

SEC Student Ambassadors in the Computer Lab for a Saturday School training session to learn about the proper use of the Internet and World Wide Web.

 

A guest speaker talks about Job Readiness tips to prepare SEC Student Ambassadors for employment opportunities.

 

SEC Saturday School Facilitator (Alfred Tsikati) teaches  a Life Skills – HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum session.

 

Mobile HIV/AIDS Testing Unit located at Hillside High School on “Testing Day” during the SEC Saturday School.  SEC Student Ambassadors take the lead and participate in this community outreach activity as part of SAMPRO.

 

SEC Student Ambassadors march from Hillside HS on  UN World Aids Day to the Manzini Trade Center Stadium – December 1, 2006.

 

SEC Cohorts 1 & 2 march to the Manzini Trade Center Stadium for the UN World AIDS Day event held on Friday, December 1, 2006.  Then, the SEC Ambassadors from Cohort 1 perform their famous “HIV/AIDS Song” during the program.

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