Thursday, April 23, 2009

PH Graduation--2nd Generation

Last Wednesday, we celebrated the graduation of the second generation of public health agents. There were 11 students to enter the course and there are 11 certified agents leaving it. The new group will be taking on additional public health responsibilities including weekly water testing and treatment, combating the rat and mouse problem in the village homes, reducing the standing water pools on campus, designing public health training programs for the house monitors, weekly garbage clean-up in the children’s villages and the list goes on…

Junior Francois was the 11th student to join the class.

Jonas was the success story of the class. 20 years old and still in the 6th grade, no one thought that he could handle the challenging work and weekly exams in the public health class but he shocked them all. He passed every last exam and had a perfect attendance record. While the other guys would be out having fun, Jonas could be found on the doorstep of his house, studying his public health manual. He has proven to be one of the most dedicated workers I have.

All of the newly graduated PH members enjoying some soda and pate at their graduation party.

1 comment:

Sue Valiton said...

Congatulations to all of these young men on their accomplishments, especially my good friend, Junior Francois! You will make such a big difference in helping your people.

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