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2005 Highlights Project Claridad- the HIV prevention project for farmworker youth continues to be front and center this year. Having successfully trained over 20 Hispanic youth from farmworker communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee and Crescent City, they have begun to take their work to the streets and to refine the development of their outreach messages. This year and last the Crescent City peer educators developed a float for the annual Catfish Parade, an activity which brings out 20, 000 people. From last year, having been the only Hispanic group to ever participate in the Parade, this year they celebrated the inclusion of additional Hispanic organizations! The Claridad youth are certainly a positive example in the community! In 2005, Claridad will focus on relationship violence, homophobia and machismo, thanks to continued funding from Pfizer and new funds from the Collin Higgins Foundation. Youth will be given new outreach opportunities, including presentations at national and statewide conferences. Funding from the Pfizer VFEND AIDS Service Organization Grant Program, the Claridad program has been funded to create three, bilingual community newspapers, called Nuestra Voz. This magazine will be completely written and produced by the Claridad youth! Thanks again to Pfizer, our Project Claridad funder, the RWHP produced over 70 complete Project Claridad Tool Boxes of the initial education materials developed by the youth. These materials were shared with fellow fundees for their HIV prevention outreach into the Hispanic and youth communities. Still focused on HIV and exemplifying the RWHP entrance into the realm of prevention trainers, the RWHP facilitated a one-day interactive workshop with Mujeres Unidas Contra El SIDA, in San Antonio, TX. Additionally, we are beginning to facilitate more training workshops for non-profit organizations on the use of fotonovelas. We are now offering these workshops in two and five day interactive workshops. A new partnership has begun with the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center at the University of Florida; one of four national CDC funded institutions mandated to support clinicians in the fight against the increase of TB in the United States. This year we are beginning to develop plans for a needs assessment related to foreign-born, Hispanics and their knowledge, concerns and experiences with tuberculosis. Focus will also extend to medical experiences of the community and options for bridging Tuberculosis prevention, testing and treatment with the community. On schedule is our continued work with the Redlands Christian Migrant Association. We will collaborate with them on parenting education, this time working with the African American parents in their centers. The results will be two fotonovela stories unique to this community’s parenting needs.
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