HealthEd Connect

Role Playing

The situation is deplorable for sisters Patricia and Fally.  When the CSS [the Child Support Specialists trained by HealthEd Connect] asked the two girls how they were staying, the girls, ages 10 and 14, confided that they often shift houses night by night, trying to find a place to sleep.  With the passing of their mother, the girls lived with only their father.  Things were difficult, but they could manage.  When their father re-married, however, everything changed.  The step-mother treats the girls unfairly and they feel unwelcome in their own home.  The girls want to finish their studies at Kafue Basic School, but their constant shifting makes regular attendance difficult.  Fourteen-year-old Fally is at risk of dropping out, and engaging in other high-risk behaviors as she moves into her teenage years. The CSS groups try to create a sense of stability for their girls and equip them with skills to address their situation respectfully.  During group sessions, children put on skits and role-play how to speak to caregivers if they are being treated unfairly.

                                                                                  Reported by Lisa Ash

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