LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA• 13
- The Story of Ashok continues:
This boyfriend had one girlfriend and one boyfriend. Each client of the sex worker has been with
one girlfriend and another sex worker.
Place cards again. Continue this story so that the last level of cards has boys. The cards will look
like this:
Ashok
Sarita Sex worker
Boyfriend Man 1 Man 2 Man 3
Girlfriend 1 Boyfriend 2 Girlfriend Sex worker Girlfriend
Boyfriend 1 Girlfriend 1 Boyfriend 1 Man 2 Boyfriend 1
Boyfriend 2 Boyfriend 2 Boyfriend 2 Man 2 Boyfriend 2 - Have one person in the last level have HIV and ask the group to trace whether Jaya will get HIV.
You can have various variations on this to show how transmission takes place.
Make sure the group understands how HIV transmission can multiply. Remind the person that
when you have unprotected sex with someone, it is like unprotected having sex with all of their
sexual partners.
Variation
Make a sponge cutout of a man and a woman. Have several additional cutouts of men and
women. Begin by putting ink on one of the cutouts, say a man. Place it next to a woman cutout and
see the ink transfer on to the sponge. Repeat it in different combinations. Now, take the original
inked cutout of a man and place a condom over it, press the cutout over new cutouts of women
(or men). No ink is transferred.Review- What did the group learn from this exercise?
- What should Ashok do to make sure Jaya his wife doesn’t get HIV?
- What can Jaya do?
- Is Jaya at risk because she is only 16? (Answer - The mucous membrane in the vagina is very
delicate at this age and can tear easily. If she is not sufficiently excited, the vagina will be dry
and tear easily, making it easier for the HIV virus to infect her.)