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Nutritionists/ Dieticians Needed Internationally!
Nutritionists/ Dieticians Needed Internationally!
Want to put your skills to the test? In parts of the world that are hungry, you are needed!
PERU: Nutrition & Monitoring & Evaluation
In the High Andes, it is hard to grow crops, so the people eat guinea pig.
This organization has been ingenious in creating green houses to grow vegetables to increase the nutrition for the people.
They would like Nutritionists to augment their Nutrition program; and to Monitor & Evaluate the program if you have M&E skills also.
Spanish is essential; and if you can speak Quechua, a real plus.
This site is a great location for exploring Machu Picchu/ the Sacred Valley, Cuzco, Lake Titicaca and the Amazon.
CAMEROON x 2: Remote, Rural Villages
In the rural villages, people only have the food in their fields to feed themselves.
When their harvested food is all used up, they eat "bush meat."
Cameroon's most revered food is fermented cassava root, which is not very nutritious.
Come teach villagers what crops they could plant that would be higher in nutrition, e.g. moringa.
They grow peanuts. Teach them how to complement to make a complete protein.
Cameroon is a tropical country where tropical fruits grow without much coaxing,but the villagers do not take advantage of the fruits. Teach them the benefits.
Other Cameroonian Nutrition opportunity: work with clinic staff to do talks in community about Nutrition and how good nutrition can improve one's health. Incorporating Nutrition into health programs is relatively new, so come be a pioneer!
UGANDA: Teaching Parents about Nutrition for their Kids
The Ugandan director just got her MPH and has launched a new Nutrition initiative.
They are finding that the moms know little about nutrition and would love nutritionists/ dieticians to teach them how they can provide a better diet on a zero budget.
You would be speaking to villagers when they come for ante-natal care and to the lactating mothers who come for care; speaking in the community at large and perhaps even on the radio!
ECUADOR: Nutrition & Indigenous
Work with the indigenous Andean communities to organize a demonstration garden and to identify the nutritional needs of its community members.
Experience with nutrition, agriculture and project management needed. Spanish fluency is a must.
KENYA: Kibera slum
Approximately 1 billion people on this earth live in slums. Often, they come to the city looking for work, and find none.
They ask for help in Nutrition: teaching people how to get good nutrition on a low or no budget; especially pregnant women and newborns to decrease infant mortality.
NEPAL: teaching Nutrition to primary students
One out of four people lives below the poverty line in Nepal so the challenge is to develop diet plans on low or no budget.
Though nutrition in Nepal has improved dramatically over last 20 years, 37% of children are malnourished.
We need your help. Assess micro-nutrient, iodine, iron, and vitamin A deficiencies.
Teach primary students and their parents about good nutrition on a low budget.
INDIA: bakery project
Love baking? Then you may be a good fit for the bakery at our Gandhian community in the beautiful state of Kerala.
Gandhi's vision was to develop jobs in the rural areas so people would not flood into the cities looking for work and swell the slums.
The bakery is one of their "income generation" projects. They have been doing a great job for years, but would like new idea, new recipes and ways they can expand what they are doing. Come help!
Professionals, professors and students in Nutrition or Dietetics are all needed.
Interested?
HOW TO APPLY
Please read NGOabroad website http://www.ngoabroad.com/ and send BRIEFLY answered Questionnaire and resume to: info@NGOabroad.com
These are volunteer opportunities.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Start date and duration can usually be fit to your schedule.
WHEN TO APPLY
*People are already beginning to apply to volunteer in June, July & August.
We send this first announcement in Oct or Nov for those that like to get a leap on their summer plans.
We will send a 2nd, sometimes slightly revised, announcement in Jan or Feb.
It is smart to finish application process by March so you have time to prepare to go to another country.
Our volunteer programs do not just run in June, July & August - that is simply when the most people can go.
Except primary & secondary schools that have school schedules to adhere to, most of our programs run year round.