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Video: ACET Ukraine youth clubs

15 year old Anya started attending one of ACET Ukraine's youth clubs, after meeting ACET trainers at school where they delivered their Healthy Youth University sessions to the young people.

Healthy Youth University

The socio-economic military crisis in Ukraine, compounded by political restriction, has resulted in cuts for funding for education and health, including combating HIV.

 

We hit the target!

A huge 'thank you' to everyone who took part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge over the past few days. Together we raised a fantastic £15,816! 

The acet UK team rise to the challenge!

Each member of the team has done a challenge to help raise money for acet UK in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Each challenge was themed around the number 30, as acet UK is celebrating its 30th year.

World AIDS Day 30 years on

As we mark both the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day and of acet UK, Margaret Sentamu, acet UK patron, reflects on how the two are interwined.

Listen to our CRE podcast

acet UK CEO, Sarah Smith, was interviewed at the Christian Resources Exhibition 2018 - listen to the podcast below.

Sarah talks about the history of the charity; how its work has grown and evolved; how the relationships and sex landscape has changed for young people.

acet UK turns 30!

We are so grateful to be celebrating 30 years of acet UK. Check out our 30th anniversary brochure below - we hope it encourages you as much as it does us!

Hope in the face of desperate circumstances

Anna Strain (International Support Officer) and Sarah Smith (CEO) have recently returned from a trip to visit the Shining Star Project in Zimbabwe, run by our partner The Nehemiah Project. Here, Anna provides a short summary of the trip.

Working with parents in the UK

Our work with parents is an area that is growing. We have been asked to run a number of workshops over the past academic year, in partnership with churches, schools and a pregnancy crisis centre.

Healthy lifestyles in Ukraine

ACET Ukraine is working in a challenging context, with continued conflict in the east of the country and a strong cultural taboo in regards to talking about sex. This taboo is a legacy of the old Soviet rule when, as one teacher put it, “sex didn’t exist.”

Esteem clubs in Nigeria

Last November, we told you about CEO Sarah Smith’s visit to Nigeria where she delivered our 4 day Esteem relationships and sex education training to our colleagues at ACET Nigeria.

Reaching children marginalized by deafness

ACET DRC’s aim is to improve the sexual and reproductive health of young people, through educational sessions delivered in schools and youth clubs, strengthened by ‘listening centres’ where students can seek further support on personal concerns they cannot discuss in a group.