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Community leaders and student peer educators in DR Congo

Despite the barriers of COVID19 restrictions, ACET DRC have been able to innovate and pivot their programmes to ensure that they still reach as many young people as possible.

Raising champions

With your help, acet UK and the ACET family is raising champions to stand up for, educate, and protect children and young people in over 15 countries.

Sexual health peer educators in Zimbabwe

This year has proved challenging for the Shining Star Project. COVID19 reached Zimbabwe in March 2020 and the government imposed a national lockdown.

Statutory relationships and sex education (RSE) has arrived!

After years of consultation, the new RSE guidance is finally statutory. The guidance details learning outcomes but leaves the decision of what materials and approaches are used to the school itself.

RSE in the digital age: Let's get more comfortable being uncomfortable

The 'digital age' has been a buzzword for many years now, if not for decades, and is usually spoken about in other contexts. But how has the creation and growing dependence on the internet impacted young people and, in particular, how they view relationships and sex?

RSE educators

We are so grateful to all of you who donated this year!

Salt and Light newsletter August 2020

Since our March newsletter, life has been a rollercoaster for many of us. Our love goes out to you all, however, lockdown and COVID-19 has affected you and your family.

Adapting to an online world

We may not have been able to deliver many RSE sessions in schools, but our Esteem training has been very busy!

Serving the community during lockdown in Zimbabwe

As COVID-19 and lockdown hit Zimbabwe, the Nehemiah Project became part of the Bulawayo City Health Department’s COVID-19 Risk Communications and Community Engagement Team and began to disseminate lifesaving health information about the virus.

Online in Ukraine

Before lockdown, ACET Ukraine was already active on social media, using it to educate and consult with young people, and to tackle online issues such as suicide forums.

Challenging misinformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

From its very beginnings, ACET DR Congo has challenged erroneous cultural beliefs about health and wellbeing, by working with church leadership to educate their huge congregations, and to reach out to and care for those living with HIV and AIDS with love and compassion, rather than condemnation a

Relationships and sex education: yearning to learn

With schools about to reopen, the topic of statutory relationships and sex education is back on the news agenda.