Forensic nurses working in global sexual violence prevention in Kenya:
S.A.N.E. Kenya Trip Video from Hungry For Life on Vimeo.
A team of 11 people from the Lower Mainland travelled to the community of Seje in western Kenya in April to facilitate community education workshops on sexual violence. The team consisted of women who work either within the Abbotsford Regional Hospital, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program or are connected to someone who does.
The SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) team prepared educational material for primary school aged children on the topics of self-worth and self-esteem with the goal of encouraging them to treat themselves and each other well. The team also facilitated a two-day seminar for local communities to address the issues they felt were contributing to the prevalence of sexual assault in their communities. The team also helped build a room at a school in the community of Seje.
BCIT Forensic Health Sciences instructors are part of the team depicted in the video. Susan Short, Lisa Creelman and Tara Hanson are instructors in the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Core Education course which is the only classroom delivered credit course west of Ontario. Several others in the video have taken our courses at BCIT as well.
Congratulations all on such a worthwhile endeavour.