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Job highlights
- Advance your skills in project planning, design, and facilitation while gaining hands‑on experience supporting global health initiatives.
- Build transferrable communication and collaboration skills that will serve you in any profession.
- Make a lasting impact by supporting young people to make informed, healthier choices.
Guyana • South America
In partnership with: Schools, health centers, non-governmental organizations
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Apply by
November 15, 2026Know by
January 1, 2027Depart on
May 30, 2027Duration
2 years, plus 3 months trainingAbout the project
Want to support adolescents in building confidence and making healthy life choices? This opportunity in Guyana is for you!
Youth in Guyana face serious challenges, including depression, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, sexually transmitted infections, and violence. These issues are compounded by bullying, poor body image, low self-esteem, weak coping skills, and limited psychosocial support. Guyana has the second-highest suicide rate in the world, and adolescent mental health struggles are deeply rooted and multifaceted. Young people also encounter significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health information and services, often leaving them to make uninformed and risky decisions. Teenage mothers account for roughly one-fifth of all births in Guyana. While the Ministry of Education’s health and family life education curriculum includes comprehensive sexual and reproductive health content, teachers have requested more training to deliver the content more effectively. The Ministry of Social Cohesion’s Department of Youth offers community-based programs, but adolescents participate inconsistently.
As an Adolescent Health Educator, you will collaborate with health care workers and teachers to strengthen health education. Together, you will equip adolescents with the knowledge and skills to grow into informed, responsible adults. Your collective efforts will contribute to reduced rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, improved educational and employment outcomes, and a more productive workforce that supports national development.
Learn more about what Volunteers do in country by visiting our Guyana project page.
Required skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
Associate degree in any field and at least two years of full-time, post-high school work experience (from any combination of roles).
OR
Bachelor's degree in any field.
OR
High school diploma or GED and four years of full-time, post-high school work (from any combination of roles).
Language: There are no pre-requisite language requirements for this position.
Required behavioral competencies
These competencies are essential for all service assignments and are assessed in the application and interview process:
Motivation for and commitment to service
Adaptability and open-mindedness
Problem solving and resourcefulness
Behavioral maturity and professionalism
Photos from Guyana
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Conduct community assessment to identify priorities.
Strengthen the technical capacity of service providers to effectively deliver health services and high-quality health education.
Facilitate the health and family life education curriculum.
Train teachers on utilizing innovative facilitation techniques in the classroom.
Facilitate engaging club and camp activities for adolescents.
Guide health care workers to provide age-appropriate services.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as conducting menstrual health workshops or assisting local libraries.
Volunteers serve in regional communities ranging from remote towns to semi‑urban villages. Volunteers will live in a private room within their host family’s house. Daily life may include modest living conditions with limited electricity, internet, and running water. While most sites are rural, Volunteers can visit larger markets monthly to restock supplies.
Learn more about the living conditions, including detailed information on culture, communications, housing, and health/crime statistics on our Guyana country page. You can also delve into stories about local communities by reading our blog or Volunteer stories.
Meet a Volunteer in Guyana
Christopher J.
Small Business Trainer
"It has been rewarding to see how much we can accomplish and how my skills can be applied in different contexts, all from the comfort of my home."
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As an Adolescent Health Educator, you will be trained on lesson planning, capacity-building facilitation, and counselling basics. Peace Corps/Guyana will teach basic Creolese to help you comfortably live in and connect with your community.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to a semi-rural community where you will collaborate with the staff at schools and nearby organizations to assess needs and develop solutions for improved health.
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. Couples will live together during training but may separate occasionally for field-based activities. Couples who are selected for the same sector will live together but work with different local partners which may be in the same community or in neighboring communities (not more than 30 minutes apart).
To learn more about serving as a couple in Guyana, visit the country page.
Application process
From application to departure takes around nine months. Learn about the application process for Volunteer opportunities.
Medical/legal clearance
You will need to be cleared medically and legally in order to serve in Guyana. Review information on medical clearance and legal clearance to learn about the process.
