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Community Health Worker

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Status:	Filled
Organization:	College of the Rockies
Acronym:	COTR
Type:	Academic institution
Mandate:	College of the Rockies, a comprehensive community college enrolling 2000 full time students annually, has six campuses located in the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia and offers a broad range of academic, career, and technical/trades education and training. COTR's mandate is "empowering citizens and communities through knowledge and skills." With a commitment to the creation of internationalization opportunities for its staff and students, the 2006 College Education Plan emphasizes strategic growth in international partnership development for 2007-2011. Le College of the Rockies, un collège communautaire d’enseignement général fréquenté chaque année par 2 000 étudiants à temps plein, compte six campus situés dans la région des Rocheuses, dans le sud-est de la Colombie-Britannique. Il offre un vaste éventail de cours et de formation dans les domaines suivants : l’enseignement technique et la formation dans les métiers, l’éducation au choix de carrière, et l’enseignement régulier. Le mandat du collège est de donner aux citoyens et aux collectivités des moyens d’action grâce à l’acquisition de connaissances et de compétences. Résolu à offrir à son personnel et aux étudiants des possibilités d’internationalisation, dans son plan en matière d’éducation de 2006, le collège met l’accent sur la croissance stratégique du secteur des partenariats internationaux pendant la période allant de 2007 à 2011.
Address:	Box 8500 Cranbrook, British Columbia, V1C 5L7 FAX: (250) 489-8254
Contact Person:	Tracey Brenton
E-Mail:	tbrenton@cotr.bc.ca
French Web Site:
English Web Site:	www.cotr.bc.ca/interDev/cotr_web.asp?IDNumber=159
Country:	Kenya
City:	TBC
Sector:	Improving health outcomes
Position Description:	Position Description: Develop and educational health programming to be delivered to at risk groups in the community in tandem with local community health workers Develop training workshops for the locally engaged community health workers (all chw's are volunteers with limited professional health care experience) Initiate new community gardens through schools, churches and community groups Develop programs to access high yield seeds and new irrigation techniques Develop community kitchen groups to improve cooking techniques which can retain nutritional value of the food Qualifications: 1. Meet all IYIP eligibility requirements; 2. A degree or diploma in nutrition, agriculture, education, sciences, or a health related field; 3. Strong communication, research and organizational skills; 4. Experience working or volunteering in either the health or agriculture sectors; 5. Experience working with at risk groups in rural communities
Host Organization:	Nyaribo Self Help Dispensary
Host Organization Details:	Positions relating to health improvement will focus on prevention and control of poverty-linked diseases (main location: Nyaribo, Kenya). Interns will work with the Officer in Charge of the Nyaribo Dispensary to complete their activities. For a sustainable outcome, COTR intends to deploy 2 interns per year for 3 consecutive years, with each internship building on the previous year’s projects. The internships will also indirectly benefit the College of the Rockies’ five year partnership with Kimathi University College of Technology administered by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), Canadian College Partnership Program (CCPP) funded through CIDA.