Peace Corps Kenya/Rwanda: Two Countries One Service : Our water filters and cookstove distribution days!

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Our water filters and cookstove distribution days!

Glimpse of our distribution days, which are my fav. I will upload a video soon. Distribution days are usually very up beat with dancing and singing. It starts out with talks from leaders and then into a skit that illustrates the importance of our technologies and then into a dancing/singing. Then, days following distribution, each household is visited by a community health worker (CHW) and educated on correct usage of technologies.

Skit

7:00am ready to distribute

Time to assemble water filters

Celebrations - cow dance

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Currently Peace Corps volunteers support development in Kenya in three sectors: Community Economic Development (CED), Public Health and Education. Peace Corps Kenya is one of the few countries in the world hosting volunteer teachers in schools for the deaf. Peace Corps Kenya has responded to the HIV/AIDs epidemic through education, awareness and behavior change training by all Volunteers.