Meet this month’s Champion for Children from Cheshegu ,Ghana. Memunatu Abukari is a seamstress, a mother-of-two, and the wife of a local...
“I’m inspired by the work of Peace Corps Volunteers around the world. Volunteers share their creativity and compassion with...
Life in the Peace Corps will not be easy. There will be no salary and allowances will be at a level sufficient only to maintain health and meet...
”Senegal PCV Ian Hennessee, Abby Aldridge of Togo, Susan Vulpas of Mali, Mike Toso of Senegal, and Debrah Lee of Madagascar discuss scaling up classic malaria interventions in their host countries, and what roles Peace Corps Volunteers might be able to play. These volunteers and more came to Senegal for an intensive bootcamp-style training on the science of malaria, its diagnosis and treatment, and new ways to fight it. Today, they’re taking up new positions in their host countries as leaders in the fight against malaria.
You can read more about the Malaria initiative and bootcamps here.