Teachers to get HIV/AIDS training

Teachers to get HIV/AIDS training

JAKARTA: Counseling teachers from 75 high schools throughout
the Greater Jakarta began training on Tuesday to educate students
on HIV/AIDS prevention.

The material has been provided by the Coca-Cola Foundation
Indonesia (CCFI) and the Indonesian Humanitarian Committee (KKI),
who have also donated a grant of Rp 1 million (US$107) for each
school.

"We found that some material provided by NGOs was too vulgar
in the demonstration of injecting drugs and sexual
relationships," said Titie Sadarini, the daily caretaker of CCFI.

Many parents have become resistant as the current information
on HIV/AIDS has led students to ask questions that were unable to
be answered by parents, she said.

According to KKI chairman, some 2 percent of the country's
population of 210 million were addicted to drugs, while 70
percent of them were aged between 14 and 20-years-old. --JP