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Acknowledgements:
This second edition of the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Curriculum, Tuko Pamoja, was revised by Sabina Behague, Kaitlin Christenson, Stephanie Martin, and Megan Wysong with consid- erable input from Kennedy Kibusu. For their comments on drafts of this curriculum, we thank Ian Askew, Irene Chami-Otieno, Humphres Evalia, Oluoch Madiang’, Eva Muthuuri, Carolyn Njue, Japheth Nyambane, Winnie Osulah, Rikka Trangsrud, and Monica Wanjiru. All illustrations are by Eric Muturi-Kioi.
This document draws from a number of adolescent reproductive health publications. We are grate- ful to these authors who paved the way with excellent information, activities and exercises. These publications include Advocates for Youth's Life Planning Education Manual; AMKENI's Field Agents' Handbook; AMREF's Parents of Tomorrow: A Guide to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health; CEDPA’s Choose a Future: A Sourcebook of Participatory Learning Activities; HDN and Ipas’s Gender or Sex:Who Cares? Resource Pack; IMPACT's Life Skills Manual for the Kenya Girl Guide’s Association; Kenya Scouts Association and PATH’s Reproductive Health Manual for Scout Leaders; Lynda Madaras's book What's Happening to My Body?; PATH's Games for Adolescent Reproductive Health Handbook; PATH's Life Planning Skills: A Curriculum for Young People in Africa Manual;and Peace Corps’ Life Skills Manual. Full references can be found in the reference section of this curriculum.
We wish to extend a special thank you to the participants and facilitators who provided valuable feedback on earlier drafts of this manual in Kakamega, Busia, and Vihiga Districts, and the teach- ers and students who shared their experiences. They provided a greater understanding of the needs and experiences of different age groups as well as the need for additional resources in carrying out the various activities suggested in this curriculum.
The development and publication of this curriculum was funded by the Office of Population of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), through the Frontiers in Reproductive Health Program of the Population Council. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID.
Copyright © 2006, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). All rights reserved. Any part of this manual may be photocopied or adapted without permission, provided that the parts copied are distributed free or at cost (not for profit) and that credit is given to KARHP, PATH, and Population Council.
Revised March 2006
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