The peer educators have opportunities to counsel students after the presentations.

In Zambia, the APPLE program (AIDS Prevention Plus Life Education) is sending its newest set of peer educators into the schools to present a life skills program.

Peer Educators are between the ages of 16 and 24, and have competed grade 12. The Life Skills program focuses on behavior change as a means of AIDS prevention. They teach lessons from a biblical perspective on various topics such as:

• Freedom, Choices and Consequences,
• "I'm Special"
• Communication
• Family, Friends, and Love,
• Growing Up
• Sex and HIV/AIDS

The program is running in three Zambian provinces, and has about 30 peer educators in three teams.

Program coordinator Martha McDonald expressed her excitement about the teams this year. "We have the privilege and responsibility to shape and sharpen Zambia’s future leaders, whether that is in their homes, or communities, churches or as a nation," she said.

Please pray

• for openness from school administration to allow Life Skills to be presented in their schools.
• for the Peer Educators to understand the materials well and effectively present it.
• for safety for the teams as they travel by public transport each day to their various school presentations.
• as the teams practice, that they would see God’s desire for their lives personally and that they would be able to be a positive example and a light in their communities.
• that God would use each of the team members to draw others to himself.
• for the team coordinators to be examples of godliness in their speech, conduct and attitudes.