St. John volunteers in partnership with the ministry of health and Community Based Organisations, reach out to adolescents on issues of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and personal hygiene among others. St. John divisions in Uganda building on the strength of the volunteers reach out to the youth through peer to peer approach. The strategy of using youth-youth talks has been very successful in delivering health education and has initiated behaviour change among adolescents.

 

The peer groups have been formed using the existing brigade structure of St.John where badgers and cadets are first trained by the peer educators to reach out to others. The approach has since helped to reduce drug abuse, alcoholism, early pregnancies, and ultimately built resilience and self