Life Skills Education and Counseling - Kigalama - Kigalama Primary School - Namutumba

Visit by Lorna Katagara on 2018-10-05

Report ID

3091

Created by

Manuela Ongyera

Created date

2018-10-08 07:46:35 UTC

Modified by

Lorna Katagara

Modified date

2018-10-11 14:10:31 UTC

Trip Time

10:19-18:00 (7 h 41 m)

Village Time

12:25-16:00 (3 h 35 m)

Travel Time

4 h 6 m

Current State

Participation Rating

0 

Success

 

Village Critical Needs

N/A 

Village Action Steps

 

Staff Action Steps

 

Sanitation Hygiene Committee

 

Water Users Committee

 

Other Class Notes

N/A 

Community Ownership

unknown 

Ownership Story

 

Three Stone Fires

 

Access to Clean Water

 

Open Defecation

 

Water Access Explain

 

Prevent Ownership

They are not very good at working well together 

Allow Ownership

N/A 

Village Notes

None 

Life Skills Education and Counseling community lesson

School

Kigalama Primary School 

Lesson Taught

HIV/STDs Prevention,Disease Progression and Positive Behaviour 

Girls Attended

1 

Boys Attended

0 

Total Student Attendance

1 

Teachers Attended

2 

Fathers Attended

10 

Mothers Attended

15 

Total Parent Attendance

25 

Staff Attendees

Lorna Katagara 

Government Attendees

LC1 

School Staff Attendees

Life Skills Teacher 

Visitor Attendees

None 

Total Attendance

0 

Learning Objectives

To learn ways of how one can prevent HIV To also learn the different stages of HIV ; Disease Progression and positive behavior.

Notes

Introduction Lorna was in this village to teach life skills. She taught on HIV prevention and Disease Progression and positive behavior. Overview Lorna reached and found a few people gathered at the usual meeting place. Other members were still in the gardens and others cooking. They later on joined them and the meeting begun. Lorna started by reviewing the previous lesson to remind the community of what they had learnt previously. After the preview she then introduced the new topic of HIV prevention and Disease Progression and positive behavior. Lorna asked what were some of the ways to prevent against HIV and they mentioned; Not having sex with an infected person, not sharing sharp instruments, using condoms, getting tested among others. Lorna thanked them for the answers and then went on to teach the Universal precautions of HIV. Lorna then distributed gloves to a few participants and then asked them different scenarios where they were to use gloves or not while taking care of an HIV infected person. She asked some questions like; what hand do they use while washing clothes of an HIV infected person, the one with a glove or without? They said without however 2 women said the one with a glove. When asked why? They said if one has a wound in their nails the virus can get them. Lorna together with the rest of the guys refuted this. Lorna asked how about when shaking hands, they said the one without a glove, Lorna asked how about while hugging them?, One woman said the one with gloves as the person may have wounds on their body. Lorna and some of the community again rejected this answer. Lorna then asked how about where blood is involved. They all said the hand with the glove. One lady gave an example of a scenario with the traditional witch doctors who work on people without gloves especially when cutting marks on people. Some cultures do this practice. She asked whether these people are at risk of getting infected Lorna said yes. On Disease Progression and positive behavior, they looked at the window period ; which is the time from infection until the person develops enough antibodies to turn up positive for HIV. Usually it takes a period of 2 weeks to 3 months before one turns out positive from infection. She added that at this stage the person is very infectious. This explained why some people say that they got tested and are negative and continue living recklessly. Lorna added that a person needs to test every other 3 months. One asked how many times in a year Lorna said 4 times. They moved on to the 2 stage which is the incubation period. This is the time it takes for a person with HIV to show signs. It can take up to 15 years before signs show. The final stage was the Honey moon stage which is the end of the window period and incubation period when the virus and the body are living harmoniously. Here the person is less infectious. The person can get sick but not very serious. Conclusion Lorna thanked the members for coming and informed them of when her next visit was. 

Next Visit

2018-10-19 - Purpose: Teach cure or treatment of HIV

Program Success

Program Critical Needs

Program Ownership

Other Program Observations

Program Expected Of Village

Program Staff Preparations Next Visit

 

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