The Zaweca HIV/AIDS Peer Education Project: a collaborative project between the university of the Western Cape and the University of Zambia. Project close-out report July 2005

The ZAWECA HIV/AIDS Peer Education Project was a two-year collaborative project between the University of the Western Cape and the University of Zambia funded by the South Africa Norway Tertiary Education Development Programme. The specific objectives of ZAWECA were to: establish formal links between the two institutions in order to build capacity in the field of HIV/AIDS peer education; develop and implement appropriate universitybased HIV/AIDS peer education programmes aimed at changing student attitudes and perceptions, and developing appropriate lifeskills; evaluate the effectiveness of the peer education programmes through a process of joint monitoring and evaluation; and disseminate information and research relating to the project.