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Adapting Environmental Education Materials (M0059)
Peace Corps Volunteers and others who conduct environmental education activities in schools, environmental education centers, parks, and communities are faced with a dilemma. On one hand, environmental issues need to be addressed through education, but locally developed materials either do not exist or are of low quality. On the other hand, environmental educators often have a variety of materials available to them but were they developed in other countries or regions.
Environment
Agroforestry In-Service Training: A Training Aid for Asia & the Pacific Islands (T0016)
The Forestry/Natural Resources Sector (no longer in existence) in the Office of Training & Program Support of Peace Corps conducted an Agroforestry In-service Training Workshop in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The workshop design combined both technical presentations with appropriate "hands-on" experiential learning sessions.
Environment
A New Beginning: The Child Health Manual (T0102)
The central purpose of this manual—and of any pre-service training (PST) based on it—is to replicate in training, as nearly as possible, the experiences of a Peace Corps Volunteer conducting health work in a village or community. The manual takes the Trainees through the same sequence of events that Volunteers go through so that Trainees may develop the same skills and knowledge that they need to carry out the most common health assignments.
Health & Wellness
Animation Skills (M0055) (M0060)
The manual was written to be used by Peace Corps trainers who seek to train Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and other extensionists in the use of nonformal education and animation techniques-especially in guinea worm endemic countries. By using the manual, trainers will also instruct their students on guinea worm and its prevention. The manual is also to be used by Peace Corps Volunteers and extensionists to prepare animations for field activities.
Health & Wellness
A Training Manual in Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases: Volume II (T0039a) (T0052)
The Combatting Childhood Communicable Disease (CCCD) Project is a major collaborative effort of Sub-Saharan African nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and other donor nations to red we morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age.
Health & Wellness
A Training Manual in Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases: Volume I (T0039) (T0051)

The Combatting Childhood Communicable Disease (CCCD) Project is a major collaborative effort of Sub-Saharan African nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and other donor nations to red we morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age.

Health & Wellness
Community-Based Solid Waste Management Training Facilitator's Guide (T0086)
On a global scale urban environmental management and environmental health issues increase alarmingly and at compelling rates. The solution to urban environmental management issues requires enhancing and strengthening bonds among health and environment workers, citizens, and government policy makers and implementers.
Environment
Community Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Working with Adult Groups (M0113)

The resources and curricula presented here were developed to enable Peace Corps Volunteers and community counterparts to build a greater network of support for children affected by the AIDS crisis. Those who use this manual will arm themselves and others with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to bring families and communities together to care for orphans and vulnerable children.

Health & Wellness
Environmental Activities for Youth Clubs and Camps (M0126)

This manual is intended to serve as a sourcebook for Volunteers and others to draw upon when implementing educational programs. The activities here are primarily organized according to subject matter, such as soil, water, trees, nature awareness, and ecology, with additional activities included under Service Learning Activities and Games.

Environment
Environmental Education in Schools: Creating a Program that Works (M0044)
The Peace Corps, in recognizing the importance of environmental education and the necessity of providing comprehensive training and support, has taken the initiative to sponsor sound and effective environmental education programming around the world. Through workshops, materials development, and collaborative efforts with other agencies and organizations in the U.S. and abroad, Peace Corps is working to make environmental education an integral part of all of its programs-from small business to agriculture to health to forestry.
Environment
Environmental Education in the Community (M0075)

For years, Peace Corps Volunteers have assisted communities to create and engage in a broad range of environmental education activities. Although the content and setting of each of these activities is different, the educational goal is the same: to help communities appreciate, protect, and sustain their natural surroundings.

Environment
Forestry Training Manual: Inter-American Region (T0041)
The general purpose this training program is to prepare new in-country Peace Corps Forestry Volunteers who have lived in-country for 10 weeks and have had cultural training, language training and have experienced some forestry technical training (i.e., local species identification) and give them 5 weeks of intensive training in forest technology "hands on".
Environment
Health and HIV Life Skills Manual (M0063)
The Life Skills program is a comprehensive behavior change approach that concentrates on the development of the skills needed for life such as communication, decision–making, thinking, managing emotions, assertiveness, self– esteem building, resisting peer pressure, and relationship skills.
Health & Wellness
HIV/AIDS: Integrating Prevention and Care Into Your Sector (M0081)
This Idea Book offers some practical strategies for assessing and responding to the effects of HIV on each of Peace Corps’ project areas, including: Agriculture and Environment, Small Enterprise Development, Health, Youth, and Education.
Health & Wellness
HIV/AIDS Training Resource Kit: An Introduction (T0136K)
The Peace Corps HIV/AIDS Training Resource Kit is a reference for posts. It provides session plans, fact sheets, and other resources to help tailor HIV/AIDS training in pre-service training and in-service training to the needs of various groups of trainees and Volunteers. The eight modules in the Resource Kit were organized around what is already happening in the field in HIV/AIDS activities.
Health & Wellness
Improved Cookstoves Handbook (M0091)

This handbook has been developed for both Peace Corps staff and Volunteers to advise and assist community members with opportunities to reduce their dependence on solid fuels for cooking in ways that are appropriate in their local contexts.

Health & Wellness
Improved Cookstoves Training Package: Improved Cookstoves Handbook (M0091) Annexes

Improved Cookstoves Handbook (M0091) Annexes

Health & Wellness
Managing Solid Waste (M0136)

This manual contains recommendations and best practices for Volunteers as they work alongside community members to develop and improve processes in response to community-identified waste management needs. The manual will be used by Volunteers and their counterparts collaborating with local governments, schools, and communities to strengthen their capacities to implement sustainable solid waste management policies and practices. This will be accomplished through prioritizing behavioral change messaging and effective implementation of the “3 Rs” (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) of Solid Waste Management.

Environment
Outreach: Education About Coral Reefs (R0108)
This outreach pack includes Issue Nos. 19 and 20 on coral reefs.
Environment
Outreach: Materials on Waste and Recycling (Information for Educators and Communicators) (R0096)
This pack is the first in a series of five OUTREACH packs that explore waste and recycling. It looks at the type and scale of waste problems that exist, particularly in Third World cities and towns, and emphasizes the growing recognition of the need to develop local solutions to match local needs and opportunities.
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