RTK - Côte d'Ivoire Profile

Young people as a percentage of total population:
35% (age 10-24)

Estimated percentage of young people living with HIV/AIDS:
Female – 10%
Male – 3.5%

RTK INITIATIVE STATUS
Phase I: Planning for RTK -- Completed
Phase II: Participatory Action Research -- Initiated; to be completed upon receipt of funding
Phase III: Research development and Implementation of Communication Strategy -- To be initiated 2003

PURPOSE:
The primary goal of Right to Know is to plan and implement adolescent communication strategies that provide adolescents (both in school and out of school) with information and lifeskills for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, and to ensure adolescent participation in all aspects of planning and implementation.

PRIORITY ACTIVITIES, 2002-2003:
(under revision due to conflict)

• Research findings state that peer education must complement any informational or mass media campaigns and that the RTK priority is to pursue the development of peer educator manuals that reflect the needs of young people.
• RTK will be integrated into both UNICEF and national HIV/AIDS programming.

PARTNERS and LINKAGES

• Youth Coordination will be facilitated by 4 associations: LA, Scout, PECI, RSB (Marcel et Evariste) that will lead to the creation of RESEAU D 'ACTION CONCERTEES (youth network against HIV AIDS)
• Steering Committee: government agencies (MEN, MSP, MLS) UNAIDS, UNFPA, COOP, FRANCAISE

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE

• RTK West Africa Regional Training 13-17 May 2002
• Coordination with 4 national NGOs to collect and analyze PAR June–August
• Re-orientation of the project objectives, given the conflict (Current).