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FACT SHEET: The New Visions
Program for Boys and Young Men
New Visions: A
milestone | Quick facts | Voices
and faces
WHAT IS NEW VISIONS?
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New Visions is a series of classes for boys and
young men from 10 to 20 years old.
• The free
classes are held during afternoons at local youth
centers
WHAT DOES IT TEACH?
The classes
are held in 63 sessions covering 19 topics:
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Civil and legal rights, health rights.
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Communication, human relations, emotions,
environment.
• First aid, personal health and
nutrition, puberty and adolescence, reproductive
health.
• Work, family, “our community.”
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Gender awareness and gender roles, marriage.
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Life skills, planning for the future, self esteem,
and values.
TWO GOALS:
• By teaching
young males how to better support their female
counterparts, New Visions complements the New
Horizons program, which builds self-esteem in
girls and young women.
• New Visions also
teaches young men vital skills for satisfaction in
their own lives, from time management to anger
management.
REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY:
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The program is funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development, but the ideas and
leadership come from the local community.
• The
Center for Development & Population Activities
(CEDPA) designed the curriculum in collaboration
with local nongovernmental organizations,
community development associations, and leaders
from eight potential host communities including
schoolteachers, mosque speakers, parents and
boys.
• Members of the local communities were
asked to become facilitators and were
trained.
SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
EGYPT:
Crucial support for the activity comes
from:
• The Ministry of Education and Minister
Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa El Din.
• The Ministry
of Youth and Minister Dr. Alay El Din Helal.
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The Ministry of Social Affairs and Minister Amina
El Guindy.
NEW VISIONS IS NEW
• Classes
began in fall 2002 in three governorates: Beni
Suef, Minya and Qena.
• Qena Governorate is the
first to hold graduation ceremonies: March 2 in
Qena city.
• Beni Suef and Minya will hold
ceremonies in the coming months.
NUMBER OF
BENEFICIARIES:
Total number of people to
benefit from the New Visions program in the three
pilot governorates: 1,075.
• Qena: 297 young
males will graduate from the classes; 13
facilitators were trained.
• Beni Suef: 521
graduates, 26 facilitators.
• Minya: 111
graduates, 8 facilitators.
USAID FUNDING
FOR NEW VISIONS:
• Approximately
$500,000
BACKGROUND ON NEW HORIZONS:
•
Began in 1994.
• Graduates: 42,800 girls and
young women.
• USAID funding: Nearly $8 million
(includes related primary school scholarships,
literacy programs, facilitator training and NGO
capacity-building).
• Other beneficiaries:
About 30,000 (includes the related programs listed
above).
MORE:
Press
release from New Visions' first graduation
Voices
and faces of New Visions
participants
For more
information, contact USAID/Egypt public relations
specialist Daniel Bernard. E-mail: dbernard@usaid.gov.
Phone: (02) 522-6544. Mobile: (012) 389-3988.
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