Guinea
Health centers, schools
Qualified candidates will have an expressed interest in working in agriculture and one or more of the following criteria:
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any field
OR
• 5 years' professional work experience
All candidates who meet the required skills are encouraged to apply. Additional skills that may make you a more competitive candidate include:
Experience with vegetable gardening, tree planting and care, nutrition, small-scale poultry farming, forestry, and/or beekeeping.
Experience related to natural resource management, food security, household nutrition education, and income-generating activities.
Volunteers live in rural communities in the Labe, Mamou, Faranah, or Kindia regions. Most Volunteers are assigned to a village of several hundred to a few thousand people within walking distance to their worksite.
None
French is the official language of Guinea, but it is used almost exclusively by professionals and as a second language. Six indigenous languages are more commonly spoken and have the shared status of national languages. They are Pular (or Fula), Maninka, Susu, Kissi, Kpelle, and Toma.
Nutritional Security Outreach Volunteers will be taught to speak French until they reach the level of novice high before switching to the appropriate local language of their community. You will receive 120+ hours of local language training during Pre-Service Training.
During the first half of PST, Volunteers will be taught to speak French until they reach the level of high novice before switching to the appropriate local language of their community. Volunteers receive between 10-20 hours of French lessons a week during PST to provide them with the basic language needed to navigate transportation and basic needs. Invitees are highly encouraged to take a French course prior to service and to continue with tutoring during PST and after arriving in their community. Volunteers are provided with a monthly allowance for language tutoring. Invitees are encouraged to take a French course prior to service and to continue with tutoring during Pre-Service Training and afterward once in their communities Volunteers are provided with a monthly allowance for tutoring.
Agriculture
Yes
Public Health Educator
Couples will likely be separated during the ten weeks of Pre-Service Training as they will live in modified dormitory accommodations. Once in their communities, couples will share a home that meets the same standards for all Volunteers. There will be times during service when couples will spend some days and nights apart, such as when one is attending specialized in-service training, a meeting, routine medical appointments, etc.
There are no pre-requisite language requirements for this position.
Health
Guinea
24
Yes
PCV
No
As an Agriculture Volunteer, you will be trained on best practices for smallholder agriculture to improve household food security and nutrition and adapt to a changing and uncertain environmental context. As the impacts of environmental degradation and unsustainable natural resource management practices become more evident, the social, economic, and environmental contexts that smallholder farmers operate within will continue to change. This will add to the challenges of smallholder farming, particularly for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
As an Agriculture Volunteer, you will be trained to support food security and livelihood improvement while increasing community resilience and adaptation to global change through your activities. These activities will:
• Promote the adoption of improved, appropriate, and adaptive agricultural practices and technologies that increase productivity, including practices that:
• Improve soil health and promote circularity of on-farm organic waste
• Reflect indigenous knowledge of nature-based solutions and
• Preserve and enhance forests, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
• Build and strengthen household resilience by integrating and diversifying existing and new agriculture-related income-generating opportunities
• Improve household nutrition, particularly that of the most vulnerable household members
No
Special leave
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Promote long-term use of techniques for diverse food production and natural resource management.
Design and manage multi-purpose community gardens, tree nurseries, or orchards.
Encourage alternative farming practices, such as small animal husbandry.
Increase dietary diversity through nutrition education and food preparation techniques.
Increase household incomes by working with community members to identify and develop income generating activities.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such
as community health campaigns.
As a Nutritional Security Outreach Facilitator, you will be trained to build and manage gardens through guided farm visits and hands-on practice.
Peace Corps/Guinea will teach you French to help
you comfortably live in and connect with the community. You will also receive language resources and learn Pular, Maninka, Susu, Kissi, Kpelle, or Toma.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to a rural village where you will collaborate with community members to increase crop productivity, household nutrition, and income-generating opportunities.
Gain valuable, hands-on experience with small-scale farming practices.
Become a valued part of a host family and community.
Experience Guinea’s beautiful culture firsthand.
Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program
Each person must apply separately and qualify for a position in a different sector than their partner
Cross-sector couples will live with different host families who may reside in different communities during training. Cross-sector couples may see each other for joint-sector training days or on the weekends but neither are guaranteed.
Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations
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.
