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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Investing in the Future

    By: PCV Katherine McAuley, PC/Zambia As a recently new Peace Corps Volunteer here in Zambia, my life as Katherine McAuley from California has been turned up-side-down—in a good way, that is. Dizzy with so much cultural adjustments I found that interacting with the youth in my village and at the school gets me grounded. Peace Corps
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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Malaria Madness Month in Northern Province

    Northern Province in Zambia is not only the largest in land mass, but it has one of the highest malaria rates in the country, with about 480 people per 1000 diagnosed with malaria each month.  Peace Corps volunteers in Northern, from all programming sectors of health, education, agriculture and aquaculture resolved to reduce malaria cases
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  • Regina Ord: Malaria Heroes in the Community

    By: PCV Regina Ord, PC/Zambia In small rural villages in the Northwest Province of Zambia, malaria still takes the lives of vulnerable populations such as women and children.  Although the villagers are acutely aware of its effects, they do not always have the knowledge or personal guidance to implement prevention strategies.   When I first started
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  • Stomp, Stomp, Stomp

    By: PCV Alice McKinstry, PC/Zambia I remember one of the best camping trips I’ve ever been on. It’s not really the trip as a whole that stands out, but the small things about it – folding origami dinosaurs, going for walks along the Puget Sound beaches, and telling scary stories in the tent at night.
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  • Teta Village Malaria Day

    Michael Lessmeier is a rural education volunteer in Central province of Zambia teaching English at Teta Basic School for students in Grades 8 and 9.  Michael observed a high absentee rate of students caused by malaria and decided to work with the community to address this issue. First,  Michael met with the local village leader,
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  • Magoye Village STOMPS out malaria

    It may have not happened on World Malaria Day, but this past July when Mazabuka District Health Office dropped off 7,500 ITN’s,  Magoye village (population 18,000) was determined and ready to STOMP out Malaria in Southern Province.  Peace Corps Health Volunteer Nia Cheers, worked with her clinic on malaria  education and distributing bed nets. The
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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Research Update

    I am an Individual Investigator for the PMI “Durability and Insecticide Persistence in Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs) Study”, in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Population Services International’s Malaria and Child Survival Program, and Peace Corps.  Peace Corps and PMI Zambia have a very strong relationship and the enthusiasm and collaboration between
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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Training

    Zambia rolled out Focus-In-Train-Up (FITU) Pre-Service Training (PST) Malaria 101 Training Sessions the first week of August. Stomp Coordinator, Jane Coleman attended the pre-service training training of trainers (TOT) to explain the new FITU manual and what Peace Corps Headquarters is requiring of all trainings and of Peace Corps Trainees. 68 Community Health Improvement Project
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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Film Crew Visit

    Peace Corps Headquarters sent a film crew to Zambia to learn and highlight what Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps Response Volunteers, and Peace Corps Volunteer Leaders are doing in the field. Peace Corps/Zambia has one of the largest numbers of third-year extension rates and Peace Corps Response Volunteers. Volunteers of all sectors in Zambia are
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  • Weekly Awesome Zambia: Natural Mosquito Repellent Production

    Natural Mosquito Repellent Production in Zambia: Soaps and Lotions:  Results of the research, design, and development of locally produced repellents in the Appropriate Technology context  in Luapula Province, Zambia Luapula Province, Zambia is blessed with fertile waterways, seasonal rivers, and an abundance of low lying wetlands. Combined with a reliably warm climate, these factors result
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