Youths Combat Teen Pregnancy in Thailand

“Combat Teen Pregnancy” project builds capacity of 400 youths to campaign on teen pregnancy prevention in 5 provinces of Thailand where births to adolescent mothers doubled from 2000-2012. In 12 months they will advocate sexuality education with 8,000 peers in 25 schools and with 10,000 families through radio, newspaper, video clip, and fun activities such as puppet theatre, role play, and skits.

The Youth Advocates will campaign in 5 provinces where births to adolescent mothers doubled between 2000 and 2012 namely Burirum, Leoi, Mukdaharn, Payao and Ubon Ratchathani. Their roles are to:

Lead the peer to peer conversation on the ability to say ‘No’ to early unsafe sex, how to evade situations leading to sexual coercion, what to do to prevent pregnancy, and what options are available if teens do get pregnant.
Run reproductive health sessions with peers during school days, and with teen parents and neighborhoods in the community during weekends.
Form clubs and networks of adolescent boys and girls which meet to discuss the subject of sexual and reproductive health.

At school, the Youth Advocates will work school teachers who have important role in helping students to learn life skills and in giving advice to parents how to monitor their teens, how to listen and talk to their teens, how to help their teens make healthy choices about relationship, sex, and birth control.

In the community, the Youth Advocates will:

Use community radio and wall newspapers to distribute the information about: gender issue and sexual inequality, men’s views and attitude toward sexual behavior, family communication skills (such as active listening, assertive communication, discipline, conflict negotiation).
Hold community learning activities (such as video clip, puppet theatre, role play, and skits) that encourage parents to recognize teens’ point of view and involve boys and men in teen pregnancy prevention.
Organize fun activities (such as sporting events, community service projects) for families and teens to work together and communicate.

Donation Options

10$ for 2 campaign T-shirts
25$ for 1 set of puppets and materials for puppet theatre
50$ for advocacy devices and supplies such as megaphone, poster, banner, campaign badge
100$ for supporting 1 youth to be trained as youth advocates
150$ for supporting 2 youths to be trained in radio broadcasting and video clip making

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