25 Years of Witnessing to the Word in Thailand 209 included the training of teachers and other interested government personnel with the aim of giving AIDS awareness education to villagers and groups. Br Damien Lunders SVD says that each year the program reaches about 20 schools. “The inclusion of teachers was with the hope that AIDS Education and Awareness could be given to youth in all schools, not having to wait for the Mother of Perpetual Help Centre to be available,” he says. “This year, a new element of training was to include parents and care-takers of youth, including grandparents who have responsibility for youth who no longer have parents or whose parents are working in other areas of the country.” The program provides parents and care-takers with a better knowledge of AIDS and other related problem areas such as drugs and early pregnancy.
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