Promoters of Sexual Education and Advocacy at the State Level (PESANE)
PESANE was founded in 1992 with the goal of providing essential, age appropriate sexual and reproductive health information to the teachers and students in the state of Guanajuato through interactive courses and workshops. As peers, they are successful in addressing topics directly with the students that are embarrassing and/or taboo. Like many of CASA’s core programs, young people are trained as health specialists, and make lasting impacts in the communities they visit.
Each summer, PESANE provides an extensive three-week training for young leaders from diverse municipalities. They receive the full course on themes like sexuality, family planning, self-esteem, depression, drug addiction and prevention of domestic violence. They also get exposure to CASA’s interactive teaching models -- the theater and radio programs -- and develop strategies to continue the work in their home communities.
Goal in 2010
During the summer course train 20 leaders from rural communities of different states in Mexico to replicate CASA's education model and achieve recognition from the state and municipal government, as it is a valuable resource for the population and in this way strategic alliances could be achieved to work together; this would make the work more efficient and it would be easier way to get to more people involved.
Team Leader
Help us Continue Our Work
$5400 Yearly stipend for a youth educator
$300 Scholarship for summer program participant
"Contigo podemos mejorar el futuro de nuestros jóvenes"
"With your help, we can improve the future of our youth" 
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CASA Promoters Staffing a Table during International AIDS Awareness Day |
Achievements to date:
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3,128 sexuality courses in more than 520 schools in the state of Guanajuato including centers for social rehabilitation
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Each year PESANE coordinates the summer camp for leaders, the only in its kind in all Mexico (120 million inhabitants)
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40 different courses are used
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Workshops to leaders in other Mexican states, joint with the federal government.
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Courses are given to groups with difficult access to information, like social rehabilitation center (joint with the Mexican government)
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Annual information and attention campaign "World day of the fight against AIDS" is given in public squares.
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Distribution of more than 40,475 condoms to young people in moments and zones of high risk.
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