Guinea
Health workers, families, caregivers
Qualified candidates will have an expressed interest in working in the health sector 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 in public health, community health, or social service programs.
Experience with a public health-related endeavor, such as HIV/AIDS outreach, family planning, counseling, or youth outreach.
Leadership or community mobilization experience.
Volunteers are assigned to rural villages with limited public health interventions and a lack of maternal neo-natal care. Located in the country’s Labe, Mamou, Faranah, or Kindia regions, these villages can range in size from several hundred to a few thousand people.
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Health
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Guinea
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Yes
PCV
No
Special leave
Encourage the use of local healthcare facilities through community outreach activities.
Support the adoption of practices that contribute to a healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, good postpartum health, and a healthy newborn.
Provide training on reproductive health, hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, and malaria prevention.
Digitalize community health programs through secure data collection and management.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as starting a school garden or conducting workshops on nutrition.
As a Public Health Educator, you will be trained to support maternal and child health services. 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 one of the local languages: Pular, Maninka, Susu, Kissi, Kpelle, or Toma.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to a rural village where you will increase the knowledge and skills among expecting parents, child caregivers, adolescents, and health workers.
Strengthen community-level health services to positively impact generations to come.
Learn French from skilled language and cross-culture facilitators.
Create a life within Guinea’s vibrant culture.
Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program.
Each person must apply separately and must qualify for a position in either the same or 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.
