RASYN-CVM IN RURAL SCHOOLS

WHY RURAL STUDENTS

Rural Primary, Secondary and University students have less access to relevant information about abstinence from sex, excessive alcohol and abusive/addictive drug and other information related to abusive relationships, early marriages and school drop outs.

Many students stay  with their step- parents who  never allow them to take part in any of the ongoing activities that would benefit them like youth seminars ,educative shows and church programs  , some step  parents do not share any important information with their step  children , many step  parents have  forced their step children  to go into early marriages and drop out of schools .

When ever they find their step children  with men or women they congratulate them and give them a go ahead .Also some step parents have been so harsh to their step children and many have resorted into running out of homes and hence early marriages , school drop outs and going into abusive relationships. So this program of abstinence goes ahead to be a voice to the voice less youth rural students and it helps them to know their right and laws

Many Rural students do not have any access to the internet, radios and televisions, many can not participant in any seminar or talk shows many can’t afford the transport fee and their step –parents can not allow them to take any part in the ongoing programs that would help them to get knowledge about HIV/AIDS .

Also most publications are in English languages and many rural students do not fully understand the language of what is published in magazines, new papers, novels and other books. Also many rural youth can not access such publication because they are expensive, and many study from rural schools and live in rural home. Those who get access to news paper only read sports and other information leaving the page that contains any information about HIV/AIDS .So abstinence program guides the rural students on how to read such information that would help them if they get access to the publications. 

Also some rural students are total orphans who only have to work and get money to pay their fees, so they hardly get time to concentrate on finding this information. Since many rural students are orphans, poor and stay with harsh step parents, many tend to forget their stress and problems by dropping out of schools, drinking excessively, going into early marriage, having sex with sugar mummies and daddies and doing a lot of evil because they take life to be meaningless .So abstinence program tries to comfort such people by showing them love, hope, friendship, guidance, courage, strength, information and care in all ways 

Many of the rural students do not know about their right and lack a lot of information as a research we conducted with some rural students ,many think being in a relationship means having sex, getting pregnant and leaving school to go and start a home and a family. So when a rural student goes to a school and finds any student with an expensive bag, he or she tends to do any thing in order to get money to buy such an item.

Many village men have taken advantage of these students and they have ended up affecting them with STDs and many have been lied by the tax drivers ,herdsmen , carpenters and Bike riders that they own the cars, cows, and bikes which is never the true  and after sleeping with them and impregnating them such men disappear and change their contacts .