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  • Weekly Awesome Mozambique: Radio Fun with Alden and Olivia

    Alden Jacobs and Olivia Drouhaut are Health Volunteers in Chibuto, Gaza Province. They used the skills they learned from a training on the open-source audio-editing program Audacity to create a minute-long radio spot in Portuguese to promote bednet usage in their community. The spot is currently running intermittently throughout the day on 103.5 Chibuto Community
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  • Promoting the World Malaria Day Concert

    To celebrate the 6th World Malaria Day, Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health (MoPH) and Malaria No More (MNM) are co-hosting a concert in Yaounde featuring some of Cameroon’s most popular musical artists. In addition to highlighting the progress Cameroon has made in the fight against malaria over the last year with the support of ExxonMobil
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  • Weekly Awesome Ghana: NightWatch PSA Campaign

    The scratchy pitch of the radio still dominates in small communities across Ghana and the developing world.  Men lay on thatched mats listening to the radio in an attempt to escape the stifling heat and humidity, the youth dance rhythmically to Hip Hop and Hiplife beats, and women listen patiently while they wait for customers
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  • Boot Camp VI, Day 8: Visit to Health Structures, Communications, and Radio

    This morning, boot camp VI participants divided into groups to visit three local health structures: a district hospital, a health post, and a rural health hut. The objectives of the visits were to learn about any discrepancies among the various health levels, differences between the Senegalese health system and other African countries, and challenges associated
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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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  • Stomp Mozambique Team Shares Knowledge with New Health Volunteers

    During the recent Reconnect In-Service Training, the 18th group of volunteers to serve in Mozambique (colloquially called “Moz 18”) participated in an invaluable training that enables them to stomp out malaria in Mozambique. 3rd year Volunteers and Stomp Coordinators Kyla Johnson and Scooter “Anata” Walsh presented sessions about malaria in pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and malaria co-infection,
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  • Weekly Awesome Senegal: An Extensive Malaria Radio Program

    By: Team TEWDU FM (94.0 rajo men oo Diaobe), PC/ Senegal The TEWDU FM (94.0 Diaobe) Peace Corps radio program has completed the early stages of an audacious, eight show series about malaria. The series has at least three broad goals: to produce high quality mass media communications to disseminate educational messages about malaria; to  involve local
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  • Boot Camp V, Day 8: HIV/AIDs & Malaria Co-Infection, Appropriate Technologies, and Communications

    Boot camp V participants remain diligent in their eighth day of malaria boot camp. Today’s program consisted of a presentation on HIV and malaria co-infection, a review of the new Peace Corps training program called Focus In, Train Up, a session on grant writing and reviewing, and an afternoon of communications led by the Communications
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  • Weekly Awesome Tanzania: Radio

    In a country where radio reaches a majority of the population, airwaves carry music, news and announcements to Tanzanians from cities to remote villages.  Radio is a new way for Volunteers in Tanzania to become involved in raising awareness about malaria and education.  All volunteers are trained in facilitating PataPata listening groups and some volunteers
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  • Mozambique Updates: Adrienne Long

    The picture is of PCVs Adrienne Long (left) and Megan Nelson with SCIP (Strengthening Communities through Integrated Programming) employees, including a regional coordinator, water and sanitation technician, youth coordinator, HIV prevention technician, and members of a theater group. Unfortunately, she does not have pictures from the Monday broadcast, but she has promised to take pictures
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