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13. Training Seminar on Interactive Methodologies based in Didactic Games for promoting sexual health in the classroom and the community. This Seminar was tought to 240 health and education professionals. The aim of this course was to train these professionals in order to be able to create and use a participatory and dialogic methodology based in the creative and planned use of didactic games and focused in sexuality and reproductive health, gender equity, unwanted pregnancy prevention and the prevention of HIV-AIDS and other STD, 2003 – 2004.

14. National Training Course for School Teachers on sexual and reproductive health. Over seven hundred teachers were trained and an online site was created for support and technical assistance of the teachers www.inlatina.org (Atrevete a preguntar), 2004.

15. Investigation about “Sexuality and HIV-AIDS in Uruguayan young people: know in order to prevent” Guchín, M., Meré, J.J., Supported by UNESCO office at Montevideo, 2004.

16. Project “Interactive Methodologies based in Didactic Games for the prevention of HIV-AIDS and the promotion of sexual health”, Canada Fund, 2004.

17. Water Culture Program: Project Initiative for De la Plata River. Eighty adolescents participated in Workshops on the environmental situation of the river and its surroundings. Four projects of environmental improvements in the river area were carried out. Thirty secondary school teachers from Uruguay and Argentina were trained to work in environmental sciences in High School. Creation and validation of the didactic game “A Shared River”, FREPLATA, 2004.

18. Project “Move for the environment”, selected in the World Bank’s regional contest of small grants. It focused in the strengthening of adolescent participation in environmental topics. Sixty adolescents were trained in workshops and they carried out four initiatives of environment improvement. Punta de Rieles, Montevideo, 2004.

19. Project: “Armá tu Historia Compartiéndola”, an interactive comics for the prevention of HIV-AIDS with adolescents. Project of prevention carried out in primary and secondary schools with teenagers from 11 to 15. The project included the publication of a comic book created for teachers to work this topics in class with adolescents. UNESCO, ONUSIDA, LEVI STRAUSS Foundation, 2003.

20. Project on environmental education and health promotion with primary school children. Edition of environmental sensitization materials, CONICYT contest, 2001-2002.

21. Project Young Sexuality: you decide! Promotion of sexual health and prevention of HIV-AIDS. Training of young people and adults as community agents and multipliers. Organization of community high impact activities covered by mass media. Supported by city council, 2001.

22. Water Project. Addressed to primary school children. It consisted of workshops and the elaboration and validation of a didactic game for teacher use in school. Supported by IDRC. 2000-2001

23. Coordination of the Programs of community organization and training about environmental topics. This Program was aimed at children, adolescents, young people and teachers from all over the country. It included sensitization workshops, organization and follow up of environment improvement activities, recreation activities and the preparation and edition of didactic materials. More than 700 adolescents and young people participated in the activities. Supported by Americas Fund, 1997-2000.