Glow G.L.O.W. Girl, Glow! -
Last May Ofosua Mercy, a Form 2 student at Aweregya M/A Junior High School in Eastern Region attended the 2014 Eastern Region G.L.O.W. (Girls Leading Our World) Camp with PCV Gary Slate, in Koforidua, the district capital. On October 3, Gary gave Mercy an opportunity to be a peer educator and present HIV lesson for her school based on what she had learned. She discussed the different ways HIV is transmitted and how it can be prevented and treated. She also discussed the stigma surrounding it and gave a demonstration on how to apply a condom. Two other girls that she had previously taught assisted her. A total of 32 boys and 26 girls attended her splendid presentation.
Following the program Mercy approached Gary and was full of gratitude.
Prior to attending the G.L.O.W. Camp, Mercy never thought she would have
an immense passion for HIV awareness and prevention work nor that she
would become an HIV peer educator. Following the G.L.O.W. Camp,
she never thought that she would have the opportunity to present in front of
her entire school. Her life was forever changed that day and so were
the lives of all of her fellow students.
