Projects in Guinea

Agriculture

Project goal

Malnutrition in Guinea is reduced through improved production and consumption of nutritious and diverse foods.

Project objectives

1. Develop the structure and capacity of community groups to improve their function and ability to engage communities around gardening and nutrition.
2. Increase the capacity of youth and women of reproductive age (WRA) to produce locally sustainable, nutritious, and diverse agricultural products for individual and family consumption.
3. Increase adoption of practices by youth, women and/or household decision-makers that increase knowledge and consumption of nutritious and diverse foods.

Agriculture Volunteers work with health centers, women’s cooperatives, youth clubs and other formal and informal groups to create and improve gardens, start tree nurseries, launch seed banks/exchanges, promote nutrition education, co-facilitate cooking demonstrations for new mothers, among other activities.

Education

Peace Corps Response Project

University students in Guinea need English and basic computer skills to excel in any number of academic subject areas and/or professions. There are not enough teachers with these skills in Guinea. As a Digital Learning Specialist, you will collaborate with the university staff to foster student-centered, practice-based learning experiences that develop the students’ English competencies while incorporating basic computer literacy and digital learning.

Health

Project goal

End preventable child and maternal deaths.

Project objectives

1. Increase the knowledge and skills of women and men to adopt practices that contribute to a healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, good postpartum health, and a healthy newborn.
2. Increase the knowledge and skills of child caregivers to improve the health of children under 5 and to prevent childhood illnesses.
3. Increase the knowledge and skills of adolescents (10-24) to improve their health and well-being through health and life skills education.
4. Build capacity of health workers to adopt practices that strengthen the community health system and services.

Public Health Volunteers often spend their time working at the local health center and in the communities co-facilitating education sessions, conducting home visits, supporting the planning and implementation of large-scale health campaigns (e.g., vaccination) or working with adolescent youth through life skills clubs.