How to become a peer

Are you interested in getting involved in our project ‘SALAM’?

Would you like to know how you can work with us as a peer in the field of HIV and STI prevention?

We offer a comprehensive and hands-on qualification, so you can start working as a peer afterwards. The training course has a duration of about 3 months and is free of charge with a limited number of participants. It takes place on two weekends and two additional days.

Requirements to attend the training:

• Migration background
• First language in English, French, Arabic, Farsi or any other language
• Basic knowledge of German

Training contents:

Cross-cultural sensitization:

The concept of culture, one’s own identity, one’s and external perception, prejudices and discrimination

Health & Diseases:

Health in general, the German healthcare system, contraceptives and pregnancy

STIs & HIV

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS world-wide, life with HIV, legal aspects of HIV, test types

Sexual diversity

Awareness of sexuality and language, sexual self-determination, gender awareness, sexual identities

Upon completion of the training

After completing the training successfully, you will receive a certificate of participation.

Holding this certificate will make you eligible to work in a local ‘Aidshilfe’ in Baden-Württemberg.

On their behalf, you will develop your own prevention events which can be hold at schools, residential communities, community houses for refugees, cultural associations or church communities.

Would you like to get involved? Do you have any further queries?

Please feel free to contact us at +49 711 88 78 34 01 or via e-mail: kontakt@salam-bw.org