The Community Sports Programme (CSP) will hold graduation ceremony for 9 teenage football players who have been trained as peer health educators and educated about HIV/AIDS, STD's and drug abuse, on today 13 May 2003 at British Council.

The ceremony will take place between 5pm and 7pm and will end with a celebratory dinner.

The Community Sports Programme (CSP), a football oriented project sponsored by the British Council in Nima and Maamobi, has initiated a health education programme for the benefit of the community and its players.

This health programme started in June 2002 and is part of CSP's activities to cause a positive social change by empowering youth to develop their leadership qualities.

Theophilus Nathan and Margaretha Ubels were the two health facilitators who trained 18 teenagers from the community, to become peer health educators.

After four months of training, 9 peer-to-peer educators will graduate and are being awarded with certificates of merit.

This will qualify them to have regular health lessons for football teams, church and mosque groups, schools and other youth organisations in the community whilst they are monitored by the senior health facilitators.

Abdul Karim Zakari, one of the 16 year old trainees said "I want to be a good peer health educator, It is important for Nima and Maamobi, because often boys and girls are not aware of health risks and they are having unprotected sex!".

Other activities of CSP include, regular football training and matches, AIDS awareness campaigns, community clean-up exercises and Internet training for all participants. Training sessions have started at Jamestown as well.