The traditional summer school for basic working skills by the “peer education” method took place in the end of july at the village of Kovachevtsi. It was attended by 250 volunteers from around the country ready to join in the implementation of Component 7 of “Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS” Program by the Ministry of Health (MH). The IGA Fund works on Component 7- “Reducing vulnerability to HIV among juveniles at highest risk (15-24 yo) by widening the range of services and programs aimed at young people” for three years now and achieves its goals in Pazardzhik region.

At the summer school participated 9 volunteers from Pazardzhik region , from the “B. Brecht” High School, “K. Velichkov” High School and the Professional high school for architecture and construction in Pazardzhik. During the activities young people were able to participate in theatre-based training, to prepare a “Rush hour” newsletter, to engage in numerous activities related to different arts but mostly to build basic skills through the “peer education” method.

The main objective of the summer school was to boost the capacity of pilot municipalities for HIV prevention on municipal level