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Salt & Light November 2022
Welcome to the November 2022 issue of our Salt and Light newsletter!
Training for Christian youth workers
While our Esteem program was developed for school-based relationships and sex education, our new Fullness course has been designed to help church workers engage confidently and knowledgeably with young people on these tricky topics.
Psychological support
We are so inspired by the courage of the ACET Ukraine team, who have continued working with young people throughout the war.
The roof is on!
Nireekshana ACET’s building project is progressing well after a couple of years – the roof is now on the new clinic located in the Shamshabad Mandal district in the south of Hyderabad.
RSE in schools update
In the 2021/2022 school year, our own Esteem team Paul, Michelle, Rachel and Gareth delivered multiple Esteem relationships and sex education sessions to 4,060 young people across London and Cheshire. Our schools' work serves as a model of best practice to the Esteem network.
Reaching more young people
We are delighted with the expansion we saw in the 2021/2022 school year in our Esteem training, network membership, and the number of young people reached.
Beaded Anklet School Project, South Africa
Ndwedwe town, in Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa, is literally in the middle of some sugar cane fields at the end of the tarmacked road and lacks any formal roads, piped water and access to electricity.
PMTCT of HIV in Nigeria
The prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is an important part of HIV prevention and education work. 21,938 Nigerian children under 5 were infected in 2019 during pregnancy, birth or during breastfeeding.
Holistic support in Zimbabwe
Imagine being so desperate for food that you say ‘yes’ to having sex with a stranger in return for some tomatoes and beans.
35 years of acet UK!
The W4 Black Tie Ball and Auction will be back on Saturday 20th May 2023 - only this time it will be in support of acet UK to mark our 35th anniversary!
International Day of the Girl Child
If you are like me, you might be wondering, ‘What is a girl child?’ Well simply, it is a female child.
And on Tuesday 11th October, on International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate girls and raise awareness of their education and human rights.
Youth Mental Health Day 2022
We know that in the past couple of years many things such as the pandemic, rising living costs and exam uncertainty have added to the mental health challenges young people were already facing.