Pictures of: health volunteers who helped me paint my house!, my dog all grown up, youth health promoters graduation, large beetles cohabiting my house!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
So what am I up to now?
Well, this fall was somewhat disappointing in that many of my promised projects did not happen (due to delayed funding). My stove project money has not arrived, and my filters are in the country, but are not in my community (hopefully I will be able to pick them up this coming week). I am also waiting for 2 grants to be funded for more youth sex-ed classes.
But, that is not to say I have not been busy! October-November was filled with conferences, meetings and exchanges. In October we had an emergency Cholera training in the capital to learn about the disease and prevention. As I am sure you know, Cholera has made its way to the DR, but not nearly in the numbers as Haiti. I also had a health promoters conference, 1 year heath volunteers in-service training (basically look back on the year and reflect about what we can do in the coming year as volunteers) and 5 days of consolidation in a hotel due to the hurricane (that conveniently missed us!).
I have also been designing the curriculum for the health promotion project that I am implementing. Basically, I train 1 women in a community, have them create a local health committee that uses home visits and monthly activities to spread awareness, and manage about 10 communities at a time. It seems to be working for the most part, but we need to train the health committee members better and have more monitoring of the groups.
Next steps?
December is a time of christmas and family, so probably very little will be accomplished this month. However, I am going to try to be superwoman and install 40 bio-sand filters in 3 communities before christmas! I will let you know how it all goes.
Well, this fall was somewhat disappointing in that many of my promised projects did not happen (due to delayed funding). My stove project money has not arrived, and my filters are in the country, but are not in my community (hopefully I will be able to pick them up this coming week). I am also waiting for 2 grants to be funded for more youth sex-ed classes.
But, that is not to say I have not been busy! October-November was filled with conferences, meetings and exchanges. In October we had an emergency Cholera training in the capital to learn about the disease and prevention. As I am sure you know, Cholera has made its way to the DR, but not nearly in the numbers as Haiti. I also had a health promoters conference, 1 year heath volunteers in-service training (basically look back on the year and reflect about what we can do in the coming year as volunteers) and 5 days of consolidation in a hotel due to the hurricane (that conveniently missed us!).
I have also been designing the curriculum for the health promotion project that I am implementing. Basically, I train 1 women in a community, have them create a local health committee that uses home visits and monthly activities to spread awareness, and manage about 10 communities at a time. It seems to be working for the most part, but we need to train the health committee members better and have more monitoring of the groups.
Next steps?
December is a time of christmas and family, so probably very little will be accomplished this month. However, I am going to try to be superwoman and install 40 bio-sand filters in 3 communities before christmas! I will let you know how it all goes.
Hello! I am back after more than 2 months of blog-less-ness. Why? Well, the combination of lack of computer and little money (the new house has eaten up every cent) has really limited my time in the internet cafe.
But no worries! After a 10 day vacation in the USA for thanksgiving, I have a new computer!
Stay tuned the next few days for frequent updates and pictures.
Happy holidays!
But no worries! After a 10 day vacation in the USA for thanksgiving, I have a new computer!
Stay tuned the next few days for frequent updates and pictures.
Happy holidays!
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