Curaçao Red Cross learns about 'Together We Can' M&E Toolkit

September 27, 2007

Eleven Curaçao Red Cross volunteers involved in the Together We Can (TWC) HIV peer education programme participated in a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) workshop last weekend.

Focus of the September 21-23 workshop was to receive training in the use of the TWC M&E Toolkit. International Federation consultant Glenys Gonzalez of the Dominican Republic was the facilitator.

While there was some resistance to using the toolkit with the main fear being it will require a lot of work, many recognized that the toolkit was developed to help improve the performance of all TWC instructors and thus the programme itself.

All 11 participants promised to start using the tool with first results expected to be reported within six to eight weeks.

Meanwhile, an ambitious proposal to continue the HIV prevention project in Curaçao was send to a possible donor.

If accepted, the Curaçao Red Cross will be able to continue their work with TWC. They will also be able to continue the hairdresser project for another two years.

Funding will also be used to launch the Federation’s anti stigma and discrimination campaign ‘Come closer...’ in August 2008.