A Taste of My Peace Corps Assignment

For anyone wondering what the heck it is that I am going to be doing in Africa for the Peace Corps, here is a little tid bit of what I know. I won't find out for sure what it is that I will be doing, but this is the semi-vague overview of the assignment that was given to me.

Country: Uganda
Program: Community Health and Economic Development (CHED)
Job Title: Economic Development Volunteer

I have been invited to serve as an Economic Development Volunteer in Uganda. As part of the CHED project, I will work with partner organizations in a community to improve the health and livelihoods of the Ugandan people and to lessen the impact of HIV/AIDS. The project seeks to assist in promoting better health and economic conditions , including income-generating activities and alternate livelihoods; increased community access to potable water; improved hygiene and sanitation; improved maternal and child health; youth development; HIV/AIDS prevention; and providing care and support to orphans and vulnerable children.

When approached with the possibility of working on this project, I was told that my skills were such that I would be going in under "Agribusiness". I assume that my endeavors will be to help the economic conditions agriculturally, through more efficient and sustainable practices and applications.

My original nomination was for "animal husbandry and applied agriculture". I hope that I will get the chance to work with animal production as well as with forage production.