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Saving Women's Lives   (2005 - 2009)
In the rural areas outside of Thies, Senegal, women and girls are at extreme risk of contracting HIV due to a lack of information, high level of poverty, and women's transitory nature to and from urban areas to seek work. This frequent movement has brought HIV and AIDS into the area. World Education and ARLS, a federation of 150 local women associations with over 8,000 members, used a combination of training of HIV/AIDS trainers, inter-village action planning sessions, HIV information market stands, and village theater to provide women and adolescent girls with life-saving information to protect themselves and their families from HIV. World Education drew on its extensive and successful history helping women and adolescent girls take control of their lives by building the knowledge and confidence of local women's associations to lead the fight against HIV. Funded by the Tresorelle Foundation, a one year project acted as a pilot study and was then adapted for replication in other areas of Senegal. The project was expanded to include other high risk/high traffic areas and the introduction of a micro-credit component.

World Education successfully implemented Saving Women's Lives from 2005 to 2008. For further information about this project's activities, please contact wei@worlded.org
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