Channel of Hope Workshop in PE Forum – Yatin Pahabol’s Story

Channel of Hope workshop held in Dekenat followed by several PE (Peer Educators), one of them is Yatin Pahabol who always comments on the questions posed by the facilitator. The boy from Yahukimo is so riveted attention to the material presented. In between activities before lunch, we offer to dig up more information about her motivation to attend this event. The first thing he said about his motivation is curiosity so that information can be delivered to friends who do not know. "There are my friends who know this information but pretend not to know", his style casually said "because I know my friends also had attended training like this from other NGOs, but after participating in this activity they still do negativity "continued this YAPESLI vocational students.

This youth aged 16 years old also revealed that the teenage years is the most susceptible to this disease especially when met with women, drinking, rocking events, and exchange bracelets. For the Yahukimo activity like this is called "Dance" and should only be done during the day, it is recommended and the rules of the church and the Chieftains in order not to open opportunities for the unlikely event of negative, because the negative things that usually occur in night. This youngest child is also said that he was happy to get good information from NGOs as well as print media. "I enjoy participating in this activity because besides as additional information for me also to always remind me to control myself from the dangers of HIV and AIDS" he said with a smiling face.

Challenges faced in applying Saluran Harapan (Channel of Hope) are a difference in character between the people and culture. "I convey this information simply is not directly but through the groups that I know so it can go slowly" he said with little thought about the experience before. He once gave such information, but rejected, "ah ... you are young to know what ..." so said the person receiving these information. In addition, too, that these young man's interest to follow the activities is not only the training materials he had acquired but also the word of God who could strengthen the consistency of disseminating information to other colleagues.

Written by Willy Nugroho, Posted by Willy Sitompul for Eruwok Development