Youth Council Event "Self-love" by PCV Katie: “This past Saturday, September 7th, the youth council from Kut Wa Sub-district hosted and facilitated a one-day event about “self-love.” For my youth leaders, learning about self-love took the form of learning about safe sex education and teenage pregnancy prevention and drug safety and abuse. The youth council invited a public health nurse to come speak about how to use and access contraceptives and the impact and responsibilities that come with parenthood in the morning, and a police officer came in the afternoon to discuss drug awareness and strategies to avoid drugs for young people.
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Sixty seven students from two local primary schools (35 girls and 32 boys) were led by 25 Matayom students (14 female and 11 male) from around our District. While I hosted planning meetings at my home, discussed potential games and activities, and provided support on the day of the event, the youth council took the lead in planning and executing this event from start to end.
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I learned a great deal about what being an effective co-facilitator for them would look like -- and it often meant taking a big step back and letting these young people shine. They are so capable and did an incredible job dividing tasks based on individual strengths, with some students managing logistics and preparing materials for the next activities and others emceeing and engaging the crowd. .
My students told me that they had a lot of fun playing games and learned from the event. I am so proud of the youth council for planning and putting on such a successful event educating younger students about issues they feel are impacting youth in their community..” - @ktbassett -
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