Service-Learning and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Mobilizing Youth Action Package

Everything you need to implement Y-RISE — NYLC's model for using peer education and service-learning in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Youth peer education is a powerful tool to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic — nationally and internationally. Developed by service-learning and AIDS experts, NYLC’s Y-RISE curriculum empowers youth in middle school and high school to learn about HIV/AIDS, educate their peers, and address local and global needs through service-learning.The publications and DVD in this set give you everything you need to implement a peer education model for fighting HIV/AIDS in your classroom, after-school program, or community-based organization.

The manual covers the basics of service-learning, peer education, and HIV/AIDS; it also includes program models and approaches for involving community partners, including HIV experts (85 pages. Paperback. 2007). The DVD includes a brief introduction to Y-RISE and Sleep with a Virgin: A Perspective on AIDS — an original theater work that facilitates discussions about the facts, myths, and stigmas surrounding HIV/AIDS. (DVD. 2007.) Your Story, My Story uses photography and words to tell how HIV/AIDS has affected youth in Southern Africa. Youth leadership and service-learning have proven successful not only in engaging youth but also in tackling social and other challenges, and this booklet offers ideas and suggestions on how to get involved. (16 pages. Paperback. 2009).