Rural Community First Aid Certificate Training
The summary below was provided by the Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.
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The Peace Corps in collaboration with the Local Red Cross Committee will be able to hold a Rural Community first-aid certified training program for thirty 30 members of our rural community in a southern region of Senegal. One person from each of the 17 villages in the community will be trained to be present serve in their villages along with 13 members of the local youth Camaraderie of the Red Cross. The program is an intensive eight eight-day training in CPR, bandaging, treatment for bleedings, broken bones and burns, AIDS and STIs, malaria education, intoxication treatment, and malnutrition. The trainees will also be taught communication techniques and presentation form to communicate with their villages about health and safety. To achieve the certificate the trainees will have to demonstrate proficiency in the practiced techniques and score a passing grade on the written exam. The money to pay the instructors and materials for this life saving training is not available in the community and Peace Corp Partnership will help us accomplish our goal to train thirty new first-aid rescuers in our Rural Community.
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