Deworming Program
ROTDOW established a deworming programme in 2011, as complementing effort for improved nutritional supports for orphans and vulnerable children. As a way to secure the future of these OVC, ROTDOW embarked on house-to-house deworming programme and in-school visits to these OVC. ROTDOW also provides basic deworming education to their care givers to ensure a sustainable action towards the deworming of other OVCs (those not enrolled in schools). Since inception, 910 Orphans and vulnerable children have been dewormed and placed on best nutritional supplements such that will ensure continuous and rapid adaptation of OVC in learning or academic situations.
Community Mobilization Exercise on Cross-cutting Issues
Apart from women and girls education and empowerment programmes embarked upon by ROTDOW, it has also prioritized the enhancement of the capacity of indigenous stakeholders and gate-keepers on community development and empowerment in Ondo State.
On community mobilization, our activities focus on:
- Malaria prevention and control.
- Family Planning and sexual reproductive health rights.
- Prevention of violence against women.
- Participatory decision-making processes
- Jumble Sales
In affiliation with the Society for Family Health (SFH), ROTDOW has reached 40,304 families with free mosquito nets in 64 villages/ communities in Ondo State. Apart from having 40,000 mosquito nets, ROTDOW took the campaign to schools, workshops and car parks, where people with low –level of information on malaria prevention reside. The malaria prevention program has been an effective model upon which ROTDOW has leveraged upon to promote high-level of community participation by gatekeepers and stakeholders on collective community protection against mosquitoes and improved grassroots volunteerism for malaria prevention.
HCT TRAINING AND HIV PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS
ROTDOW, since 2010 has embarked on HIV/AIDS seminar tour cutting across schools in Ifedore Local Government Area, touching Igbara-Oke, Ijare, Oke-Aro, Oke-Ijebu, Oba-Ile, Oda and Ile-Oluji. 403 students between the age of 12 and 17 years have been reached. This comes with the support of the Ondo State Action Committee on HIV/AIDS (ODSACA).
Main content of campaign includes:
- Abstinence
- Fidelity
- Constant Medical Check (health-seeking habits)
With 28 principal secondary schools reached on in-school students HCT program, 120 young people have grown to be peer leaders for HIV prevention and health-seeking habits promotion among junior students in their respective schools.
On yearly bases, these peer leaders across secondary principal secondary schools are engaged in the World HIV/AIDS Day, which comes with in-school campaign, mouth-to-mouth education and mobilization of new young people and adolescents for HIV counseling and testing.