Breuning Leads Training Program for AIDS Prevention in Ethiopia

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Marijke Breuning (standing third from left) visits with community members from the village of Keraru in the Arsi Negelle area of Ethiopia in late December.

Marijke Breuning, associate professor of political science, visited the village of Keraru in the Arsi Negelle area of Ethiopia in late December to lead a training program for community workers and educators in AIDS Prevention Education.

The Stay Alive AIDS Prevention Education Program will be taught to students ages 8-12 in the area’s schools.

Breuning also made the hand puppets that will be distributed to the teachers to use in this educational program.

As part of her sabbatical year research project, Breuning traveled with a nongovernmental nonprofit organization called Ascend Alliance to learn more about development and women’s issues.

She hopes that her participation in this expedition may pave the way for Truman students to participate in similar expeditions in the future.
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