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I have been placed on the Zambia, Nyimba project where we will be focussing on health. I will be living with a host family over there for the duration of my time there (3 months) and paired with a local counterpart, which means I will be living with the locals and experiencing first hand how they live their day to day lives.

•A little bit about Zambia•

HDI ranking: 141/187 in 2014 - 'medium human development'
GNI per capita: 2898 dollars
Life expectancy: 58.1 years
6.5 mean years of schooling

•What I will be doing there•

During my stay I will be participating in organising various events for the locals in order to achieve project outcomes, some examples include:
- SRH (sexual reproductive health) peer education sessions in community
- Anti-Aids clubs/Health corners in schools
- Workshops for life skills
- Awareness raising (raising issues in Nyimba)
- Resource development
- Community action days
- Active citizenship days

•VSO's objectives there•

- Helping to adapt local health services to better serve vulnerable groups e.g. Youth
- Helping to strengthen and coordinate pre-existing health structures in the area
- Assist in the implementation of the Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Campaign
- Promoting health education at the local level

•Some extra info•

- Political situation: Relatively peaceful history
- Temperamental but fairly stable electricity (although some homes still use charcoal)
- Possible dependence on boreholes (community water pumps)
- Females expected to wear Chitenges (cotton printed fabric tied around the waist and worn in the home)