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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...
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“I’m inspired by the work of Peace Corps Volunteers around the world. Volunteers share their creativity and compassion with...
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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...
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“It’s very good news that the Global Fund is re-opening for business. Now we can stop wasting time, which is the most precious resource in this fight...”
Weekly Awesome Ghana: SWAT Regional Representative Training
From August 7-8, 2012, Ghana’s SWAT’m (Standing With Africa to Terminate Malaria) Team gathered in Kumasi for their SWAT Regional Rep Training. The training was a 2-day intensive workshop highlighting new materials and resources learned at the Stomp Out Malaria Boot Camp IV.
Weekly Awesome Ghana: STOMPED Workshop
On June 22, 2012, five health and agriculture volunteers kicked off the first Strategic Training of OMOA Malaria Peer EDucators (STOMPED) workshop in conjunction with the Organic Mango Outgrowers Association and Ghana Health Services. The 13 community representatives in attendance learned about the basic science of malaria, prevention and treatment, and how to properly hang and care for a mosquito net.
Find out about the planning, implementation, and follow of the workshop here.
Weekly Awesome Tanzania: Radio
Tanzania PCVs are using radio to spread the word about malaria prevention. Learn about their radio trainings and how they are using radio as a means to reach large population numbers.
Weekly Awesome Zambia: Training
Zambia rolled out Focus-In-Train-Up (FITU) Pre-Service Training (PST) Malaria 101 Training Sessions the first week of August. Stomp Coordinator, Jane Coleman and PMI Resident Advisor Dr. Allen Craig attended the pre-service training training of trainers (TOT) to explain the new FITU manual and what Peace Corps Headquarters is requiring of all trainings and of Peace Corps Trainees.
Kolda Volunteers bring the malaria fight to the bamboo forest!
How many Peace Corps Volunteers can sleep soundly under a mosquito net?
Tambacounda malaria volunteers tackled this topic and more at the regional action plan meeting today. Learn more at http://stompoutmalaria.org/tambacounda-regional-action-plan/
