Strategic Education Centers

Kusile Ngwane!  Good Morning Swaziland!
 

SEC Student Ambassadors at Hillside High School in Manzini, Swaziland
 

Strategic Education Centers (SEC) located in Seattle, WA has created a Life Skills Enrichment curriculum to empower youth primarily ages 14 – 17 in Africa and the U.S.   The curriculum includes:  HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, computer technology training, job readiness techniques, and community leadership development, so youth can contribute to their own quality of life, and the well-being of their communities too. 

The first SEC program (2001 – 2004) was very successful in graduating over 400 young girls from the cities of Mbabane and Emcozini, Swaziland, as part of the SEC mission to empower and enhance the status of girls through education, knowledge and computer training.

In 2006 – 2007, the second SEC program, “It’s Our Future Too!” was launched at Hillside High School in Manzini, Swaziland.  This program involved 200 boys and girls, SEC Student Ambassadors, who participated in two cohorts of 100 students each.  They attended an action-packed 13-week Saturday School program curriculum to include:   HIV/AIDS prevention sessions, computer training and use of the Internet, job shadowing employer site-visits, resume writing, guest speakers, outreach activities to the local community to share what they have learned about HIV/AIDS testing and healthy living.  Both cohorts of Student Ambassadors participated in a joint graduation ceremony to receive certificates of completion.

Strategic Education Centers
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last updated: 11/05/2007