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Friday, June 10, 2011

LOCAL NEWS - 08.06.2011 - By Zacheaus Otaba - Go and fight against these evils in the community, communications' officer tells facilitators


The family matters facilitators who have been training in splash guest house have been urged to go and fight against the evils of early pregnancies and spread of HIV/Aids. The international rescue committee communication's officer Mr. Joseph Lolepo said that the facilitators have got enough knowledge to tackle these challenges which has increased the number of drop outs in schools.
The officer said that the programme was first rolled in 2008, while in some areas it started early this year. He added that the commitment the facilitators have shown during training shows that better results are expected in the near future. He urged them to go and meet their targets and make sure that the areas not covered is reached.
The training which brings together 14 facilitators from the seven divisions across the county, which includes Kalokol, Lokichar, Lokichogio, Loima Turkwel, Kakuma and Lodwar, started yesterday and ended today. The facilitators are supposed to train people who have children aged 9 and 12, who will graduate after 5weeks of training.

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