Sexuality and Life-Skills: Participatory Activities on Sexual and Reproductive Health with Young People

This toolkit, an effort of health practitioners in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Uganda, is written to facilitate participatory learning activities with young people to equip them with the knowledge, positive attitudes, and skills to grow up and enjoy sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and well-being. It is written for peer educators and leaders, outreach workers, teachers, community workers, and others.

This toolkit aims to help provide learning activities for young people by:

• Providing accurate and factual information to young people;
  
• Planning appropriate educational activities for groups of young people that enable them to analyse their own situations, resources, and needs;
  
• Enabling them in applying new knowledge to their own lives;
  
• Increasing their awareness of their own values and attitudes;
  
• Developing their self-esteem and confidence;
  
• Developing their life skills, for example, communication, and assertiveness skills, problem-solving, and decision-making;
  
• Building their trust and ability to take collective action as a group; and
  
• Following up and evaluating their work.
  

The Sexuality and Life-Skills toolkit and the Feel! Think! Act! interactive drama guide are designed as interlinked tools.