Families and Churches...Are they READY?

Our Community Advisory Committee (CAC) has met twice since I've been back in Kenya, and we have developed a plan to pilot a church-based intervention for families with three main goals: (1) Prevent HIV risk behavior among youth, (2) Improve mental health and coping among youth, and (3) Provide caregivers with skills to provide positive support for youth.

We are now forming intervention development teams to contribute to specific intervention content. Teams include our CAC members paired with caregivers and youth from the community. I'll share more on our teams' progress this week.

Our name for the program:

READY - Resilience Education And skill Development for Youth and Families.


The READY Community Advisory Committee working on intervention strategy ideas.