Summary of project status and achievements:
Overall, Health Centre classes went well throughout the month of July. With adults busy with repatriation preparation, the Health Centre began targeting youth for its classes and had good attendance in Health and Body, although Youth Group numbers dropped. Decreased attendance in Youth Group was attributed to the fact that it used to recruit in schools, and schools were on break. In the July 31st staff meeting, one Youth Group teacher mentioned that incorporating drawing in the class had attracted children, so it will receive pencils and paper to add health-related art to the class for the upcoming intake.
As mentioned in the June report, the Health and Body classes merged from three to two, with the old Health and Body 3 teacher cut with the phase-out and the current Health and Body 1 and 2 teacher taking the remaining two. To enable the Health and Body 3 class to finish its intake, the class ran through the first half of July with the teacher paid half a month's salary out of the contingency budget. The new Health and Body 2 class will be a combination of the old Health and Body 2 and 3 material.
Lastly, at the end of the month, it came to Sara's attention that two of the Health Centre teachers were only working nine hours instead of the 18 stipulated in their contracts (one being the teacher cut during the phaseout). In discussions with Nick and Stephanie, it was decided that because they were not missing classes or neglecting any of their responsibilities, that no disciplinary action would be taken since it was not their fault that their hours were inflated. Hours and responsibilities were adjusted to make sure that the time worked matched their salaries for the future, and in the July 31st all-staff meeting, Sara clarified FORGE's policies and reminded FORGE employees that if they did not understand their contracts or noticed that their hours or duties differed from what was written, it was their responsibility to come to the PM to address the issue.
Indicators and Statistics:
See July spreadsheet.
Future goals:
The Health Centre would like to begin showing a video on STIs to attract more students. They did this with World Vision in 2007 and say that it was very successful.
Substantial problems or issues:
Attendance.
Wishes or requests:
Videos and CDs with information on STIs. Also, sports balls to help attract children to Youth Group classes.
