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Haiti
has the highest HIV incidence rate in the Caribbean. The International
Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and CARAN has been working
together to provide
the Haitian Red Cross with access to one of the tools being used
in the English speaking
Caribbean, which has successfully contributed to a reduction in
the HIV rate among
young people between the ages of 10 and 19. This tool is called “Together
We Can
(TWC).”
However, one of the greatest challenges in introducing
this tool was the fact that the
TWC manual was only available in English.
In 2003, the TWC manuals were translated into three languages – Haitian
Creole,
Spanish and Papiamento. At the first regional Trainer of Trainers
(ToT) workshop in
Santo Domingo last year, one regional trainer, Glenys Gonzales
and three national
trainers were trained.
In accordance with TWC methodology, the national trainers proceed
to train instructor
trainers in Haiti.
This is a landmark achievement for the Haitian Red Cross, the Federation
and CARAN.
With the support of the Netherlands Red Cross, a total of 18 persons
from the four
branches of Jacmel, Gonaive, St Marc and Port-au-Prince were trained
at the TWC
Instructor Training Workshop in Haiti.
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