So I bet you all are wondering
where my permanent site will be? I know that I have been wondering for MONTHS
about this, so I know you all must be as well! Well due to safety and security
issues I can not reveal exactly where I am in Fiji, but can give a brief
description about what is like, and what I will be doing. If you want to know exactly
you can email me at tdoak08@su.edu and I
can tell you. However please do not post on any social media or pass along in
emails my exact site location. SORRY!!!! But here is a picture of Fiji so you can kind of guess where I am :-)
First off I will explain about what
my job will be like. This is only the little bit of details that I have been given,
and very well might change! I will be working in a Nursing Station, which is the
smallest health facility in the Ministry of Health system. There is only one
nurse and I working in the station.
Job Responsibilities:
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Assist with programs relating to Maternal and
Child Health
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Raise awareness on Health Promoting Schools
focusing on water and sanitation
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Assist in awareness programs in communities
about clean and healthy water and sanitation
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Assist in developing youth programs related to
behavior change in healthy living styles
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Conduct in-service training for staff and
community Health Workers
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Assist in designing and developing Health
Education Resources
Needless to say, I will be VERY
busy for the next two years! My job will serve 3 villages, 22 settlements, 3
primary schools, with a population of approximately 1056.
My
actually house and village is quite amazing and is an island just off of Vanua
Levu (2nd largest island in the North) and I have to travel by a
little fiberglass boat to my village. The island itself is only one village
with approximately 80 houses in the village with my house being made of wood
with a bathroom and toilet attached. The really nice part is, is that I only
have a 2-minute walk to my work! When it comes to electricity, I will sometimes
have it from 6pm-11pm if the generator is working that day, or if it is not
raining. Peace Corps has provided me with solar panels so incase of no
electricity for long periods of time. I have no idea about water yet but have been told that I will have to
collect rain water often. In
the village there is a post office that is run by the council (local
government), but all banks and markets are located on the “main land”. When it
comes to communication, Peace Corps has supplied me with a satellite phone, and
personal tracking device in case of emergency. Hopefully I will have some form
of communication while I am there or this will definitely be a test for
myself.
I
am super excited, and nervous for this placement but I know that I can do it.
This is what I signed up for anyway right?! I am truly going to be “roughing”
it out there on my little island and I could not be more excited or happy to do
that in such a wonderful place as Fiji!
Moce! Sota Tale!
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