A Partnership to Improve Health
A Partnership to Improve Health
Melinda Glines (Fiji 1994-96) visits with a new mother and her baby.
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Hesperian in WorldView magazine
Hesperian long partnership with the Peace Corps was celebrated in WorldView magazine’s Spring 2023 edition! Check out the stories of 4 featured Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who used Hesperian books during their service abroad.
Share your story
Contact our outreach coordinator Vanessa ([email protected]) to share how you used Hesperian materials for your own health or the health of your host community. Email your story, photos/videos, or arrange for a brief interview to talk to us about your time in the Peace Corps.
Melinda Glines (Fiji 1994-96) visits with a new mother and her baby.
© WorldView Magazine
Hesperian books have been used by Peace Corps volunteers to improve health in their host communities for decades. Rulester Davis served in Kenya as a Senior Nutritionist/Research Specialist, where Hesperian’s Where There Is No Doctor helped her in a surprise situation. She performed her story live as part of the 2016 Peace Corps Storytelling Contest:
“I served in Kenya from 1979-1982, and I delivered a baby boy in the back seat of a jeep, using Where There Is No Doctor. It is the best tool a Peace Corps Volunteer could ever have, for those that live or serve upcountry. Please, please continue to train with it, because I know it works.”
— Rulester Davis, PCV Kenya, 1979-1982
More stories from other RPCVs:
Gregory MacCrone, PCV Liberia, 1989-1991
Other ways to get involved
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Purchase books for your host community.
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Share our digital materials with community leaders and health educators.
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Connect host communities to the Gratis Book Program so they can receive free health materials.
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