Dance4Life
Танцуй ради жизни
What is Dance4Life? Dance4Life is an international project aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle among young people, maintaining and strengthening reproductive health, preventing HIV infection and other socially significant diseases, and bringing out one's unique potential. The project is being implemented in 17 countries of the world and seven regions of Russia (Nizhny Novgorod Region, Rostov Region, Kemerovo Region, Altai Territory, Republic of Udmurtia, Republic of Buryatia, Sverdlovsk Region). In the regions the project is implemented by FOCUS-MEDIA partners. The partners are responsible for ensuring the project implementation (recruit peers, maintain their motivation, establish links with educational institutions, etc.). Regional partners are organisations experienced in working with youth, having passed the selection according to the criteria of FOCUS-MEDIA and taken part in setting meetings (where they learned about the project, its concept, implementation principles). In its turn, the Fund, being the owner of the national concept, presents the program at the Federal Level, provides regional partners with methodological, communication, monitoring and financial support. Why dance? Dance is a symbol of the project. Dance is a universal language with the help of which young people around the world communicate with each other. This dance brings together young people who know how to improve their reproductive health. Target groups Adolescents and young people aged 14-22, including those living with HIV, and substance users undergoing a rehabilitation program in social assistance centers. Concept The project has been implemented in Russia since 2005. Until 2017, the project followed a 4-stage model:
- "Get inspired" - interactive lessons, in which children are inspired by the opportunity to change their lives;
- "Learn" - training sessions, in which the children (who passed the 1st stage) received the necessary knowledge and skills about what reproductive health is and how to preserve it;
- “Act” - a stage that encourages participants (who have passed the first two stages) to apply the knowledge and skills in life;
- “Celebrate” is the time when the guys celebrate the results of their work.
- ME - participants learn about themselves and their strengths.
- ME and YOU - participants assess their behavior and attitude towards other people, learn about intergender relations.
- ME and SOCIETY - participants explore existing issues in the society in which they live, their role in it, the opportunity to change society for the better.
- 12,021 people have taken part in the Travel4Life program (2017–2019)
- 300 4Life Champions have been trained (2017-2019)
- after completing the program, the level of knowledge about HIV transmission methods increased;
- the percentage of those who are able to accept their weaknesses and assess their strengths has increased;
- more adolescents are able to talk about what concerns them about reproductive health with peers and with adults, feel more confident that they will be able to seek help from medical institutions;
- the program provides opportunities for personal development;
- the program allows you to see real changes in yourself, gives you the opportunity to look at life in a new way;
- the number of participants who, after completing the Travel, expressed a desire to become Champions, raised to 40% of all participants.
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Results
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19 235 человек охвачено программой «Путешествие ради жизни» в 2017 – 2022 гг.
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509 Чемпионов ради жизни (равных наставников) обучено в 2017 – 2022 гг.
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827 392 человек охвачено акциями, мероприятиями проекта в 2005 – 2022 гг.
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2 814 специалиста по работе с молодежью (волонтеры, наставники, родители, педагоги, врачи) прошли обучающие семинары в 2005 – 2022 гг.
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56 602 человек прошли тренинги по комплексной профилактике социально значимых заболеваний в 2006 – 2017 гг.
