Since 1994 the Senegalese NGO GEEP (Group for the Study and Teaching of Population Issues) has been carrying out an FLE programme  in secondary and tertiary schools in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and with support from UNFPA. The objective is to provide information on sexual and reproductive health, including gender issues, STIs and HIV/AIDS. One component of the programme comprises FLE clubs called Clubs EVF. Each club is run by 15 young peer educators who are supervised by a collective of 5 teachers. Over the last 10 years, some 3,000 adolescents have been trained to be peer educators, and 140,000 children have been reached, representing 40% of all secondary school students. One-third of the peer educators are girls.

In addition to social and educational activities organized by the clubs for the school population and – sometimes – outside audiences, the peer educators at some schools also operate youth orientation and information centres. At these centres, students can discuss personal problems with the peer educators and receive advice about sexual and reproductive health issues.

An evaluation in 2003 showed that the establishment of FLE clubs led to a revitalisation of school life. Students and teachers alike were very satisfied with the activities organised and the information provided by the clubs. Another review by the World Bank team that published the Education and HIV/AIDS Sourcebook¹ showed that the programme has met the majority of benchmarks proposed in the sourcebook.