14 2 / 2012
PACT Club
Yesterday I had my first PACT Club meeting at the Jr. Secondary school (equivalent to Jr. High in America). PACT is a peer-counseling after-school club, where kids are supposed to be trained on how to counsel their peers (and urge them to be abstinent), and is popular around Botswana. Although my Guidance Teacher Counterpart cancelled at the last minute to go to an impromptu meeting, I still had fun hanging out with the kids!
I decided to go with a Valentine’s Theme. I had some red construction paper that I had planned to use to advertise a couple’s HIV testing event on Valentine’s at my clinic (which won’t be happening), I decided to have the kids make Valentines. We talked about Love, Dating, Relationships, Good ways to treat those you love, and abusive ways.
They loved it! Although I didn’t mention sex or HIV, I’m hoping that we can eventually build our conversations to that point. I’m also hoping to have a school counter part there at the next meeting, you know, so I don’t cause a scandal by mentioning the word condom or anything.
