Sexy And Sorted

Ever had an embarrassing question and not known who to ask? You can’t quiz your friends in case they laugh at you, you’re too embarrassed to ask you teacher anything and you don’t want to talk to your parents anything because well…they’re your parents, so where do you turn?

In the past all those slightly-too- personal questions that you couldn’t talk to anyone about were left unanswered and ignored but not anymore: welcome to Health Education Response, or HER, an anonymous advice line that is happy to answer all your questions on sexual health.

Set up by Rashid Khan, a Peace Corps Volunteer based in Keetmanshoop, the service directs your SMS’d questions to one of a group of health volunteers from across Namibia. HER is totally anonymous as your SMS will pass through a computer before being redirected, preventing any volunteer from having access to your cell phone number.

“The service is designed for young people who have questions about their sexual health” said one volunteer who works for the service, “but people of all ages are welcome to send us their queries as well.

HER specialises in sexual health questions and cannot answer any queries related to relationships, religion and so on. The SMS number is 0814133315.