UNICEF-AFS HC-0262-0269 Adolescent club members Posing and Smiling for group photos. UNICEF supported Bangladeshi adolescents from the host-community through 90 Adolescent Clubs (AC) in 2018. Through these facilities, UNICEF reached 4,000 adolescents with a range of protection services and learning opportunities. Adolescent-Friendly Spaces offer life skills based education, case management and recreational activities. Participating adolescents follow a four-month-long course, attending sessions for four hours a week on topics such as health and nutrition; prevention of HIV/AIDS; gender and GBV; child marriage; child labour; trafficking; peace building; leadership; employability skills; values and ethics; and equality and equity. Balukhali, Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. Photo: b.a.sujaN / UNICEF / Map
UNICEF-AFS HC-0270-0280 Adolescent club members dance inside the Adolescent Friendly Space. Some walk for over one hour to reach the AFS because they don’t want to miss the activities and fun they have with their friends. UNICEF supported Bangladeshi adolescents from the host-community through 90 Adolescent Clubs (AC) in 2018. Through these facilities, UNICEF reached 4,000 adolescents with a range of protection services and learning opportunities. Adolescent-Friendly Spaces offer life skills based education, case management and recreational activities. Participating adolescents follow a four-month-long course, attending sessions for four hours a week on topics such as health and nutrition; prevention of HIV/AIDS; gender and GBV; child marriage; child labour; trafficking; peace building; leadership; employability skills; values and ethics; and equality and equity. Balukhali, Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. Photo: b.a.sujaN / UNICEF / Map