Tamarfelege Zenebe

Peer to peer discussions teach important decision-making skills

Tamarfelege Zenebe is 19 years old, and is in 11th grade. Because the village he lives in (Dao Kombulcha) is so far away from Deneba, he rents a house in Deneba. He has participated in the peer to peer training for 12 weeks, and during this he has learnt about peer pressure, STIs, family planning, HTPs and life skills. At home he lives with his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters, and he has taken it upon himself to teach his family about the things discussed in the focus groups. He also feels that the discussions on peer pressure have taught him decision-making skills, and he is also advising his friends to correct their behavior, especially some of his friends who are chewing khat.