Early yesterday morning, Leticia and I crammed into a cab that had nine passengers, even though it was made to comfortably fit five (just another normal transportation adventure in Ollanta). We arrived in the community of Patacancha where we were going to administer post-tests and reviews for the promotoras. We hiked up to Victoria’s house…
Month: January 2013
Final Data Collection for our Pilot “Poster Project”
On Wednesday SVH piled into a car bright and early to complete Phase I of our pilot study in Yanamayo. We split into two groups to divide and conquer the task of visiting every house to collect their afiches, posters that the families used to self -report incidences of diarrhea and cough for the past…
Our First Promotora Training in Patacancha (in 2013)
Last Friday, we arrived in the high-altitude town of Patacancha around 8:00 am and unloaded a gas stove, promotora incentives (basic food supplies), a CPR dummy, and our training materials. While the combi drove onwards and upwards to collect the other promotoras (some of whom had hiked 3 hours to meet the van at the…
Preparation and Promotora Training
As we new volunteers settle into our roles at SVH, our second week has provided a great insight into the varied work schedule that lies ahead over our six months of volunteering as Community Coordinators! We spent most of the week preparing for our first promotora training, which took place yesterday. At the beginning of…
Meet Sacred Valley Health’s New Community Coordinators!
Sacred Valley Health recently welcomed a group of new long-term community coordinators. They will spend the next six months serving as liaisons to our promotoras in our pilot communities in the Ollantaytambo District. Living with local Ollanta host families, using Spanish daily, and trekking to our high-altitude communities for data collecting, these four ladies have…
INTO THE VALLEY 