The Douala Red Cross theatre group often performs in local nightclubs spreading the message of prevention. Marthe is 25 years old.
After seeing the doctor, Marthe also meets with Mrs Owono Ndi Edwige, the social worker who provides psychological support, if necessary, and health advice. If the doctor orders tests, she has to go to the laboratory too.
For some time, Marthe decided to start the process of leaving prostitution. She managed to become involved in a microproject, starting up a small business selling food supplies, which earns her enough to feed her child and for basic necessities.
Marthe is also trying to convince other women to come to the Cameroon Red Cross Society health centre, which often gives educational talks, where peer educators offer advice to both men and women. It is thanks to a meeting with one of these teams of Cameroon Red Cross Society volunteers in Douala that year-old Jennifer began the process of getting off the street.
She was able to earn money in a different way, thanks to a microproject that she became involved in. Although the project mainly targets sex workers, it also endeavours to raise the awareness of their clients, with a view to curbing the growing practice of sex workers being asked to have sexual intercourse without a condom, in exchange for double or triple the usual price.
