Overview

Acquiring HIV may no longer be a death sentence, but its effects are still profound. Many people living with HIV face rejection and are unsure about their futures, and these anxieties may be felt all the more keenly by children and young people. Stepping Stones with Children equips organizations and individuals with materials with which they can engage children affected by HIV and their caregivers, using powerful exercises to convey information, explore norms, discover their abilities, and individually and jointly create stronger ways of being. The training sessions cover a wide range of topics with a gendered and child-rights focused framework including psycho-social wellbeing and resilience, assertiveness, bereavement, HIV testing, living well with HIV, preventing sexual abuse, and supporting survivors of abuse. They cover issues facing all young people growing up, which might be particularly challenging for those affected by HIV - from friendships at school, to relationships, sexuality, and livelihoods. Each of the sessions clearly explains its overall purpose, and sets out the aim and method for each activity. Most activities are carried out with the participants working in their three separate peer groups of younger children (5-8 year olds), older children (9-14 year olds) and caregivers. Sometimes each peer group works in gendered-sub groups. The three peer groups sometimes work together, or come together to share what they have learned and to negotiate new ways of relating to one another. Stepping Stones with Children follows on from Stepping Stones and Stepping Stones Plus, which are training materials widely used in workshops with older youth and adults affected by HIV. Stepping Stones with Children is essential reading for social workers, community workers, health workers and NGO staff working on programmes with people affected by HIV; also researchers and academics teaching and advising in this field.

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I wish that all children aged 5 to 14 years and their caregivers affected by HIV could have an opportunity to experience Stepping Stones with Children. I am confident that it will help them realize their dreams and overcome their challenges. It is unique because it works with peer groups separately and together and covers so many issues psychological, physical, sexual, material and spiritual that matter deeply to us all. --Vincent Mwale, Minister for Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

This is a very important manual for children and caregivers. It will help support the building of closer relationships through meaningful communication that helps children and caregivers overcome barriers and build a close and supportive family unit. --Martha Tholanah, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS AIDS is about social justice. We cannot achieve our goals to end AIDS by 2030 until we meet the needs of the most vulnerable in society, often the children and adolescents who are living with HIV and those affected by the virus. Stepping Stones with Children provides a way that communities can support and nurture these children and build their resilience. This is what we must do first--care for the most vulnerable. --Michel Sidibe, Executive Director, UNAIDS I wish that all children aged 5 to 14 years and their caregivers affected by HIV could have an opportunity to experience Stepping Stones with Children. I am confident that it will help them realize their dreams and overcome their challenges. It is unique because it works with peer groups separately and together and covers so many issues--psychological, physical, sexual, material and spiritual--that matter deeply to us all. --Vincent Mwale, Minister for Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

I wish that all children aged 5 to 14 years and their caregivers affected by HIV could have an opportunity to experience <i>Stepping Stones with Children</i>. I am confident that it will help them realize their dreams and overcome their challenges. It is unique because it works with peer groups separately and together and covers so many issues psychological, physical, sexual, material and spiritual that matter deeply to us all. --Vincent Mwale, Minister for Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

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Gill Gordon has over 30 years' experience of working in the development sector, and is a social development and health promotion specialist with particular expertise in gender, sexuality, reproductive health (and its integration with HIV), community-based participatory approaches and curriculum development .

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