Pilot programs modeled after the project are scheduled to start next month in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland. By the end of each three-day workshop, most of the men overcome their initial shyness. Men are difficult to reach. So our main concern for now is creating a place where men can go without being labeled. The Syamalevwes, however, say that it is often the men who reject or ridicule their message publicly who come back privately for help.
Many men are afraid to show weakness, they say, and conform to peer pressure.