December is particularly a special month for Reach A Hand, Uganda because we not only get to kickstart it with the commemoration of the World AIDS day, but also reflect on how far we’ve come in the year. This time round, we carried out community outreaches in three different locations of Kisenyi, Makindye and Kawempe as build up activities to the World AIDS day. These outreaches involved the sensitization on HIV of the people in the communities who are largely at risk of contraction given the nature of their communities (majorly slum areas of Kampala).
The activities were carried out by the Peer Educators who also sensitized the communities about protection against contraction of HIV through the use of both male and female condoms for dual protection against unintended pregnancies as well.
They distributed condoms and demonstrated to the unknowing masses how to correctly and effectively use them. Later in the day, HIV testing and counselling was done for the people in the communities
