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The celebration highlights the educational challenges facing African children and the potential for bridging gaps to enhance .

A high-quality, inclusive education must accommodate all learners and be relevant to students' lives and future careers.

A multifaceted approach to improving learning addresses financial barriers, promotes safe school environments, invests in teachers, and engages communities at all levels.

Bridging the Gaps to Enhance Education in Africa - Bantwana Achieving education for all requires multifaceted, tailored approaches to breaking down barriers and expanding opportunity.

In our recent Behavior Effect livecast, Lola Walker from UNICEF was joined by speakers from Bantwana Zimbabwe, Girl Effect, and World Education to discuss how social accountability mechanisms can be used to support adolescent girls and young women. In case you missed it, you can watch the recording and view our previous livecasts on here: https://brnw.ch/21wHAN7

📣 Join us for our upcoming Behavior Effect livecast series on the power of social norms to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)!

The series kicks off on February 27 at 8:00 a.m. EST with a conversation on the importance of social accountability. During this hour-long conversation, experts will discuss why social accountability is important for AGYW programming, effective social accountability mechanisms, and the important role of in shaping the journey towards better health and well-being for this priority population.

🗓️ Date: February 27, 2024
🕘 Time: 8:00 a.m. EST | 3:00 p.m. CAT
📍 Location: Zoom - Register: https://jsi.zoom.us/webinar/register/3617066637584/WN_BcjxVaerRtO0--WAOvkL_w

In , we're working with youth leaders to strengthen coordination among youth-friendly health service providers.

Engaging youth community-based distribution agents increases demand for, access to, and uptake of crucial and prevention services, including among diverse groups who were previously less engaged.

Navigating HIV with a Social Worker's Compassion - World Education The story of how Lilian, a social worker partnering with the USAID ICYD Activity, supported a girl and her mother living with HIV.

Let's break the cycle of school dropout.

Our Dropout Early Warning System takes a holistic view of the factors that lead to dropout and equips educators to provide support that helps young people stay in school.

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Digitizing Job Aids for Offline, Mobile Use by Community Case Workers in Malawi - World Education Case care workers in Malawi have attended onboarding sessions for their use of digital job aids using Adobe's Liquid Mode.

We're taking over Harvard Business School Online's Instagram today!📸 Follow along to learn about Bantwana and the 2023 HBSO community challenge.

🌍 Takeover alert! 🌏 Today, World Education's The Bantwana Initiative team is taking over our Instagram Stories to share their mission to improve the lives of young people and families impacted by HIV/AIDS and poverty. They'll also talk about partnering up for this year’s Community Challenge and how they chose the winning proposal. ⁣
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Tune in all day for their takes on empowering communities to help vulnerable children thrive and families succeed: https://hbs.me/2p8ss4j3

Siyakha Plus: Building Economic Opportunities and Improving HIV Outcomes for Young Mothers and their Children in Mozambique - World Education In Mozambique, we’re piloting Siyakha Plus, an adapted version of Bantwana's Siyakha Girls Model, among mothers 15-24 living with HIV.

Social service workers are vital to reaching individuals and communities with the health and social services they need.

Community case care workers with the Ana Patsogolo Activity conduct assessments and develop care plans for children and adolescents in who are vulnerable to .

Thank you social service workers for all you do!

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To reach and treat children with , we must use family- and community-based approaches that go beyond the clinic setting.

At the heart of these approaches is the frontline social service workforce.

Social service workers extend the arm of the clinic into the community to find, link, and retain children and families living with HIV with the holistic supports they need.

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The Case for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to End AIDS in Children - World Education In response to a recent New York Times article, Bantwana staff highlight the need to strengthen the social service workforce to end AIDS in children.

The Power of Choice: JSI’s Approach to Universal Contraception Access For women and young people worldwide, the choice to use contraception is complicated. It involves navigating social norms, access…

Preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) requires action from the whole community to ensure violence isn’t enabled and survivors are able to access care and support.

In Malawi, trained facilitators deliver the IMPower curriculum to young women to prepare them for identifying violence and using their voice and power to defend themselves.

Other programs like Families Matter! and SASA! promote positive parenting and mobilize the community to address the factors that lead to abuse and violence, and Male Champions hold men accountable for ending .

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UNAIDS reports that AIDS can be ended by 2030, noting that 5 African countries have already achieved their 95-95-95 goals, and 16 others are close to doing so. In Eastern and Southern Africa, new HIV infection are down 57% since 2010.

There's still much work to be done, and we're committed to working to reduce stigma and increase treatment access for all until we put an end to AIDS.

The Case for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to End AIDS in Children - World Education In response to a recent New York Times article, Bantwana staff highlight the need to strengthen the social service workforce to end AIDS in children.

Our side event with JSI at Women Deliver, "Our Life, Our Journey: Navigating Youth Life Stages For A Better World", was a success!

Vice President of Bantwana, Patience Ndlovu, and young women from our DREAMS programs in Malawi and Zimbabwe shared their experiences and helped facilitate discussions on gender equity.

For 10 years, the National Case Management System (NCMS) in has reached hundreds of thousands of children each year with services. Bantwana’s technical assistance focused on aligning creation of the NCMS with government’s priorities and existing structures. The Critical Shifts for Reimagining Technical Assistance outline how we can build in sustainability from the outset in similar initiatives. At Women Deliver, our colleagues at JSI are hosting a session on Reimagining Technical Assistance and overcoming : https://www.jsi.com/women-deliver-2023/ Learn more about the NCMS: https://worlded.org/a-sustainable-contextualized-approach-to-developing-zimbabwes-national-case-management-system/

A Sustainable, Contextualized Approach to Developing Zimbabwe's National Case Management System - World Education How World Education's Bantwana Initiative reimagined technical assistance in the development of Zimbabwe's National Case Management System.

Attending the Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda? Join us and JSI for our side event, “Our life, Our journey: Navigating youth life stages for a better world” on July 18, 11:30-1pm in Room MH1.2. During this event, 8 young women will facilitate group discussions, share their lived experiences and aspirations related to a particular life stage, and explore inclusive ways to advance for adolescent girls and young women. 2 of the young women are part of our DREAMS programs in Zimbabwe and Malawi, and vice president of the Bantwana Initiative, Patience Ndlovu, will moderate the session.

This year's is centered on unleashing the power of gender equality! Through the DREAMS program, Bantwana delivers an integrated package of health, education, economic strengthening, and social protection services to young women in high HIV burden communities. At the Women Deliver Conference July 17-20, participants from our DREAMS programming in Zimbabwe and Malawi will help facilitate group discussions on promoting .

We’re excited to attend the Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, July 17th - 20th and convene with other experts to discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing and sexual and reproductive health. Along with our colleagues at JSI, we are hosting a side event on July 18th and will be at booth K14-K16 in the expo hall! Hope to see you there.

JSI at Women Deliver 2023 - JSI JSI is a proud sponsor of Women Deliver 2023, a convening focused on advancing gender equality.

Reflections on Person-Centered Care as Key in HIV Treatment Adherence - World Education Bantwana Initiative expert reflects on the importance of person-centered care to improve HIV treatment adherence.

If you haven't had a chance, check out our blog post on our work addressing mental health and gender-based violence in Northern Mozambique!

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Providing Mental Health Support for Internally Displaced Persons - World Education The Bantwana Initiative is working with partners to strengthen capacity to identify and respond to the needs of internally displaced persons.

JSI and World Education Announce Organizational Merger - World Education Effective July 1, 2023, World Education, Inc. will become World Education, a division of JSI after more than 30 years of affiliation.

Emmanuel Tibenderana, HIV Clinical Manager with the USAID ICYD Activity, presented at the conference this morning! He shared results and lessons learned on community solutions for promoting adherence for children and adolescents living with HIV in Uganda.

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Bantwana Senior Technical Advisor, Karen Rowe, is attending the Conference this week! She is representing our work in Mozambique optimizing adherence and strengthening resilience of young, HIV+ breastfeeding mothers.

If you’re attending, be sure to check out our abstract poster presentation at 13:30-14:00 on Wednesday, June 14 in the Guldgränd Lounge.


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Programme | AIDSImpact 2023 Welcome Programme Programme Live stream Abstracts Presenter instructions Oral presentation – Powerpoint upload Poster exhibition Lunch roundtables Journal Publication Venue Registration General information Plenary Speakers Visas Accommodation Sponsoring and Exhibition Acknowledgements Programme Fi...

Bantwana is looking forward to attending to share insights on our work with prevention! We will have colleagues in attendance representing the USAID Integrated Children and Youth Activity in Uganda and the Ana Patsogolo Activity in Malawi.

Keep an eye out for our abstract presentations on strategies for improving adherence and viral load suppression among children and adolescents, girls and young women, and mothers.

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Adherence 2023 - International Association of Providers of AIDS Care General Information CONFERENCE INFORMATION The Adherence 2023 conference will take place in June 11-13, 2023, at El Conquistador in Puerto Rico. Provided by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), in joint partnership with Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medic...