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  • Promoting Volunteerism and Malaria-Prevention Through School Rehabilitation in Zambezia

    Modeling a previous successfully implemented activity, PCV Dylan Yosick worked with student volunteers to execute a massive school rehabilitation project to help prevent malaria infection in the Alto Molocue district of Zambezia, Mozambique.  Over 200 window screens and doors were rehabilitated or installed, and lemongrass was planted around the perimeter of the school, acting as
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  • Stomp Mozambique Starts the Year Off Right!

    After a short break over the holidays, Mozambique is back at work stomping out malaria!  On February 1st, 39 education volunteers got a chance to show off their creative skills by learning how to make malaria-related radio spots using the open-source sound editing software called Audacity. During their mid-service conference, Volunteers brainstormed ways that community radio and
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  • PCVs Coordinate Malaria Prevention Training for Community Health Workers in Homoine

    On September 4th, Health Peace Corps Volunteers Jason Hillis and Kyle Tharp coordinated a training on malaria prevention, early detection and treatment, and the dangers of HIV/AIDS and malaria co-infection.  In conjunction with PIRCOM (Inter-Religious Program Against Malaria) in Homoine, Inhambane Province,  and funded by PEPFAR (U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief),  a  total
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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: Mocuba World Malaria Day Fair

    For World Malaria Day 2012 (April 25th), PCV Tanya Riddle helped the local organization Osivela wa Yesu (“For the Love of Jesus” in local language) organize a community fair to educate the population about malaria and raise awareness of prevention strategies. Tanya was partnered with Osivela wa Yesu as her primary assignment as a health
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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: PCVs Work to Reduce the Incidence of HIV/AIDS and Malaria Co-infection

    The latest reported HIV prevalence rate for Mozambique was 11.5%, and some districts in the country still report rates in the mid-twenties. HIV/AIDS is a debilitating problem in Mozambique, especially when paired with, which is actually the number one killer in Mozambique, accounting for 29% of deaths. HIV and malaria seem to propagate and amplify
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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: JUNTOS: Youth Groups Educate the Community About Malaria

    Jovens Unidos No Trabalho para Oportunidade e Sucesso—Youths United in the Work for Opportunity and Success is a co-ed club that uses different forms of communication to transmit information to students and communities. The club is open for all interested students. Projects involve journalism, photo journalism, music, art, and/or theater. Through these mediums participants discuss
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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: Malaria Activities with the Neighborhood Kids

    Peace Corps Volunteers don’t wait around for formal settings in which to work and educate kids about malaria! Mozambique PCVs take their messages to the playground, the classroom, or the street to capture a youth audience and teach them about malaria prevention in fun ways. Laura Melle is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lichinga, Niassa
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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: Training of Trainers in Zambezia Province

    On Thursday July 5th, in Mocuba, Zambezia province, eight Peace Corps Health Volunteers, ten Mozambican counterparts, one representative from PIRCOM (Programa Inter-Religioso Contra a Malária), and one Peace Corps Staff member participated in a general malaria prevention “Training of Trainers.” The purpose of this workshop was two-fold: to propagate malaria prevention messages to the communities
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  • World Malaria Day Fair in Mocuba, Zambezia province

    For World Malaria Day 2012 (April 25th), PCV Tanya Riddle helped her organization Osivela wa Yesu (“For the Love of Jesus” in local language) organize a community fair to educate about malaria and raise awareness. Events began early in the morning with tables set up to educate the community about different kinds of malaria prevention.
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  • PCVs Participate in PIRCOM Malaria Prevention Training

    May 8-10 PCVs Jason Hillis, Madeline Noble, Alicia Portillo, and Anata (Scooter) Walsh attended a training by PIRCOM (Programa Inter-Religioso Contra a Malária—Inter-Religious Program Against Malaria). The first day was a “training of trainers” of the religious leaders of different denominations from the district of Massinga, Inhambane province. The Inhambane provincial coordinator led this training
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