PCV
Rwanda
Rwanda
Bachelor's degree in any field.
Health centers
None
Volunteers live in modest homes with varying access to electricity and running water. Volunteers will serve in rural communities across Rwanda’s four provinces: Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern. Volunteers will travel on foot, by bicycle, or public transportation to reach the assigned worksite.
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Health
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Build advanced skills in community health education, maternal and child health, and data collection and reporting—valuable experience for a career in public health.
Receive intensive Kinyarwanda language training and strengthen your proficiency through daily conversations.
Form meaningful connections with Rwandan families and experience the rich culture of the "Land of a Thousand Hills.”
Facilitate group sessions and home visits that promote healthy pregnancies, safe deliveries, and optimal early childhood development.
Work with families to strengthen nutrition, permaculture gardening, and small-animal husbandry.
Support health workers in monitoring, recording, and interpreting child growth indicators.
Educate families on safe water, hygiene, sanitation, and handwashing practices.
Promote prevention, early recognition, and timely treatment of common childhood illnesses.
Engage fathers and family members in supporting maternal and child health throughout the First 1,000 Days.
Facilitate trainings for community health workers and health providers on First 1,000 Days interventions.
Build community health workers’ skills in adult learning, communication, and basic health reporting.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as supporting school health clubs or facilitating a nutrition-focused cooking demonstration for community groups.
As a Maternal and Child Health Educator, you will be trained on key programmatic interventions, monitoring and reporting tools and indicators, as well as technical skills to strengthen the capacity of health service providers. Peace Corps/Rwanda will teach you Kinyarwanda to help you comfortably live in and connect with the community. You will also receive language resources and learn the Rwandan culture to navigate the community.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to a rural community where you will collaborate with the staff at a community health center to assess the health needs and develop long-term solutions.
Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program.
Couples who are selected for the same sector will live together but work with different local partners, which may be in the same community or in neighboring communities (not more than 30 minutes apart)., Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations.
Couples will live together during training but may separate occasionally for field-based activities.
Each person must apply separately and must qualify for a position in either the same or a different sector than their partner.
As the preeminent international service organization of the United States, the Peace Corps sends Americans with a passion for service abroad to work with communities and create lasting change. Volunteers develop sustainable solutions to address challenges in Education, Health, Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Youth Development. Through their Peace Corps experiences, Volunteers gain a unique cultural understanding and a lifelong commitment to service that positions them to succeed in today's global economy. Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, more than 240,000 Americans of all ages have served in 142 countries worldwide.
