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First Aid Initiative Rwanda (FAIR)
First Aid Initiative Rwanda (FAIR) Pilot Project
Objective
Reduction of mortality and morbidity rates related to road traffic accidents through raising awareness and policy advocacy on road safety and first aid in Rwanda.
Activities
Over 3,400 people die on the world's roads every day and tens of millions of people are injured or disabled every year.Through this pilot project, training of trainers on road safety and first aid was carried out. In this case, trainers were health club teachers, HPR volunteers and students in health clubs.
HPR volunteers and Health club teachers’ workshop
A two days workshop was organized by HPR to empower HPR volunteers and secondary teachers from health clubs. Of the 20 HPR volunteers and 8 secondary school teachers invited, 92.8% attended. The gender ratio was 1:1, men to women and HPR volunteers were aged 24-30. The workshop’s curriculum had been developed by HPR and its partner organization “the International Medical Cooperation committee (IMCC-FAIR)”; and entailed theoretical and practical portions.
Trainings of Health Club's Students
From September - December 2016, HPR volunteers took the lead in training Health clubs from 4 secondary schools. These Health clubs accounted for 50-60 members who were split into groups during the training. 220 students were expected to participate in the training, nevertheless 81.8% attended. Participants’ gender distribution was 52.2% males and 78.8% females with age that ranged between 11 and 23 years. Each training session lasted for 1hour30 minutes to 2 hours. Pre and post training tests were given to assess the acquisition of knowledge. At the end of the training, health club students with enough road safety and first aid skills to teach their peers had risen to 87% compared to 18% prior to the training.
Health clubs’ campaigns
Health clubs members and teachers who had taken part in the training collaboratively organized campaigns. Pull ups and posters were hung in school yards throughout the campaigns and flyers distributed to all students in the school. In total, 2000-2200 were reached out in the 4 campaigns, and about 100 students (59%) attended the campaign.
Advocacy Meeting
A policy advocacy meeting was organized and Governmental as well as Non- Governmental Organizations working in fields closely related to youth and road safety were invited. Participants expressed their interest in the initiative and suggested further expansion of the project nationwide.