This Manual provides training guidelines incorporating the peer education method. It has been developed within the third phase of the regional Child Trafficking Response Programme, managed by Save the Children in Albania, and with the participation of volunteers from Partners Bulgaria Foundation Resource Centre in the town of Kjustendil. This Manual aims at complementing adolescent activities within a programme for prevention of some of the risks encountered by adolescents nowadays. Its objective is twofold - on one hand, this Manual offers relevant information on each of the themes, and on the other hand, it enables young people to develop skills for independent living in order to protect themselves in risk situations.
The themes in this Manual are suitable for peer educators in high schools (8th through 12th grade) and appropriate as part of the education programme or independently. Each theme can be addressed in one or more school hours depending on the age and background knowledge of the participants and the time allocated for applying the method.