This month of April, I am facilitating the fourth Sexual and Reproductive health workshop with the Fundacion Segundo Montes. The workshop topic is ‘Sexually Transmitted Infections’ with a focus on the following five infections: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Genital Herpes, HPV, and Syphilis. Our team of facilitators is imparting the workshops in 6 schools in the two [...]

Since September of last year I have been facilitating sexual education workshops along with Mercedes, a representative of FSM, and Samuel of the Peace Corp. We work in six schools located in the two municipalities of Meanguera and Jocoaitique, both located within Comunidad Segundo Montes. We launched the first of the series in September of [...]

There are some 35,000 reported cases of HIV in El Salvador, the majority of which, some 90%, are through sexual transmission. With the technical support of the Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM), I have been facilitating sexual education workshops along with Mercedes, a representative of FSM, and Samuel of the Peace Corp. We launched the first [...]

Fundacion Segundo Montes (FSM) is in the midst of implementing their new Project ‘Unidades Productivas Familiares Solidarias,’ that is to be developed in the two municipalities that constitute Comunidad Segundo Montes, Jocoaitique and Meanguera. The project has three principal elements, that of economic development, environmental health, and gender and sexual education. As part of the [...]