Increasing community awareness on health related issues through PSAs!

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By Josh Fuller
June 14, 2017

In my community's primary school, my counterpart and Principal, Blanca and I have launched a community outreach initiative that includes the creation of monthly public service announcements that focus on and reinforce a Health Family Life Education (HFLE) topic being taught in the school.  

PCV Josh with students presenting poster
PCV Josh with children presenting their public service announcement on drugs.

Two winners from each division in school are chosen by educators and placed in different public spaces across the villages such as shops, the library, and the clinic.   

PCV Josh presenting the public service announcements
PCV Josh presenting the public service announcements so that the winners can be selected.
Public Service Announcement being posted at a local store
Public Service Announcement being posted at a local store.
Another PSA posted on a local store
Another Public Service Announcement being posted at a local store.

The goal is to raise awareness in the community on health related issues through the education and vision of the youth.

PCV Josh with all participants of the competition
PCV Josh and all the participants of the PSA competition.
Josh is a Health Resource Volunteer serving in Belize under the Rural Family Health Project. Joshua is from Oklahoma and possesses a Masters Degree in Public Health, a Masters Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelors Degree in Physiology and is a Certified Health Education Specialist. Josh is serving in Belize for 2016 - 2018.
Category: Central America and Mexico, Belize

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