Meet Helen Young

Helen Young is a Peace Corps Fellow in the Global Health Masters of Public health program and studying for a certification in Emergency Preparedness and Response.  She served in the Peace Corps from 2008-2010 as a Rural Health and Sanitation extension volunteer in Paraguay, and as a Youth Development extension volunteer from 2010-2011 in Jamaica.

In Paraguay, she implemented and improved the protection and decontamination of water sources, latrine construction, and the evacuation of garbage pits; communicated preventive healthcare practices and maternal-child care with nurses, parents, and community members; collaborated with Ministry of Health to obtain a functioning Health Post with basic medical attention; fostered partnerships with NGOs, Municipal, and Government to gain recognition of community commissions and funding for projects; endorsed better cooking methods as well as reduced respiratory infections by introducing and constructing brick ovens with chimneys to reduce indoor air pollution and assisted in curriculum development and ongoing improvement of HIV/AIDS prevention workshops.

In Jamaica, she taught classes from literacy to math, instructed on life skills, and, as in Paraguay, promoted health topics.  She worked with the teachers in implementing new literacy and mathematics programs as well as behavioral management.  In addition, she facilitated after-school clubs by tutoring, constructing a green house out of recycled bottles, and worked with local farmers to encourage to compost and us organic fertilizers, natural pesticides, raised bed gardening, and companion planting.

Helen joined the Peace Corps Fellows Program in September of 2011.  As a Peace Corps Fellow, she is working on the Healthy Lifestyles grant through Arrowhead United Way.  Helen teaches basic nutrition classes to Elementary students at Grand Terrace Elementary.       

Meet Jerusha Weaver

Jerusha Weaver is a Peace Corps Fellow in the Health Promotion and Education program.  She served in the Peace Corps from 2007-2010 as a Health Education and PEPFAR Volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, Jerusha was assigned to teach the prevention of HIV/AIDS to several vulnerable groups within her community.  Through collaboration with community leaders and school administration, Jerusha taught several workshops about women’s rights, HIV/AIDS prevention and the promotion of development and entrepreneurship to teachers and women’s groups.  She also taught life skills development to young adults and out-of-school youth and assisted them in starting income-generating projects.  Jerusha extended as a third year Peace Corps Volunteer and worked with Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs on a malaria behavior change program as a field officer.

Jerusha joined the Peace Corps Fellows program in September of 2011.  As a Peace Corps Fellow, she is working in the San Bernardino community at Helping Hands Pantry, an organization that provides food to people in need. 

Meet Emmanuela Jeune

Emmanuela Jeune is a Peace Corps Fellow in the Health Promotion and Education Masters Public Health program. She served in the Peace Corps from 2000-2002 as a Community Health and HIV/AIDS Volunteer in Mauritania, Africa.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, Emmanuela was assigned to work as a Community Health worker where she planned and presented on hygiene and HIV/AIDS awareness workshops in rural and in urban areas.  She conducted health campaigns in collaboration with local health officials, the community and NGOs to educate about HIV/AIDS and on preventive care to reduce infectious diseases.  She participated in UNICEF’s polio vaccination campaigns for nomadic families who were spread all over the vast desert of Mauritania.  She also conducted weekly presentations to mothers at a Nutrition/Health Center where she helped monitor undernourished children.  In addition, Emmanuela gave presentations to expectant mothers and to women on proper diet and hygienic care for them and their children.  Emmanuela wrote grants and was awarded funding for a village community garden well project.  She wrote proposals and received grants for HIV/AIDS projects in various regions.  In addition, Emmanuela assisted in the opening and running of a Girls Mentoring Center.

Emmanuela joined the Peace Corps Fellows Programs in September 2011.  As a Peace Corps Fellow, she is working in the San Bernardino community at Helping Hands Pantry, an organization that provides food to people in need.

Meet Katelyn Lowery

Katelyn Lowery is a Peace Corps Fellow in the Global Health Masters of Public Health program.  She served in the Peace Corps from 2008-2010 as a Health Education Volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa. 

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, Katelyn was assigned to live and work in Wangama Village, a rural community in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.  Katelyn mainly focused on Health Education, Prevention and Promotion.  Through the collaboration with community leaders, school administration and local women and men, Katelyn formed groups, wrote grants and was awarded funding for multiple projects.  These projects included fish ponds, chicken raising, girls empowerment and HIV/AIDS seminars, toilet building and a water tank.  Proceeds from some of the projects supported the costs of basic living expenditures and nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), women’s groups and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) in the community.  Katelyn formed a support group for PLWHAs which gave them an opportunity to have emotional support, nutritional advisement and form a choir/drama troupe.  In addition, Katelyn taught Life Skills Health Class at the Primary and Secondary Schools in Wangama and nutrition classes at the local dispensary. 

Katelyn joined the Peace Corps Fellows Program in September, 2011 and is currently the Peace Corps Masters International and Fellows Coordinator at the School of Public Health.

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