ISAAC GOLD PEER EDUCATION
Education in Pietermaritzburg

ISAAC seeks to establish ministry to the poor as a foundational component of church planting and establishing working models of practice to address social ills. ISAAC chose GOLD as a program to tackle issues of poverty and disease in communities of Pietermaritzburg. ISAAC (International Strategic Alliance of Apostolic Churches) is a global representation of churches in over 80 nations with Dr JONATHAN DAVID as the presiding apostle. ISAAC actively develops and capacitates churches globally in formulating blue-prints and strategies for social change, integrating church ministry into community development. We have partnered with an organization called GOLD Peer Education Development Agency to implement a peer education program in two high schools namely Kwa-Pata and Seqongweni Secondary schools in Imbali Township,Pietermaritzburg. Together with GOLD we see a generation of young African leaders confronting the root causes of the AIDS and HIV pandemic, through uplifting their communities and imparting vision and purpose to present and future generations. Peer Education is about young people realizing their value and being empowered to make informed decisions about the challenges they face. It is about equipping influential young people to impact their peers through positive peer pressure. ISAAC employs local young people as GOLD Facilitators who work with high school students who have been selected to become Peer Educators. It does this through the roll out of a long term adolescent peer education model, which is specifically aimed at empowering young South Africans to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS. The GOLD model uses the methodology of peer education which harnesses the influence that young people have with their peers to encourage youth to make informed choices and develop health-enhancing social norms.