In this edition of Snapshots from the Field, FHI examines the Clinique Jeunes (Youth Clinic) in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Clinique Jeunes is one of 11 youth clinics operating throughout eight departments (states) of Haiti run by FOSREF (Fondation pour la Sante Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale) and supported by FHI.

FOSREF's first Clinique Jeunes opened in 1988, funded completely by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Supported today by USAID's IMPACT Project, which is managed by FHI, the youth clinics in 2003 alone reached nearly 125,000 young people through street theater presentations in four departments of Haiti.

The 10 paid peer educators and volunteers at each clinic in 2003 helped reach an additional 48,552 young people who have participated in sensitization sessions aimed at de-stigmatizing HIV and AIDS.