I recently finished my junior at Utah Valley Utah University. I will be graduating one year from now with a bachelor’s degree in Public and Community Health. This summer I have the opportunity to intern with HELP International in Uganda, working on sustainable development projects and teaching health education classes.

 

HELP International is a nonprofit organization that works across the globe, empowering local community members by teaching self-sustainable skills that can be shared with other members of the community. Currently HELP is working with impoverished communities in five locations around the world—Uganda, India, Thailand, Fiji, and Peru.

 

HELP International designed and executed poverty relief programs in Uganda include water well programs in locations destitute of safe drinking water, public health interventions to decrease the spread of infectious diseases, micro-business teaching and mentoring to help individuals design and scale up small businesses, empowerment camps and workshops for at-risk youth and children rescued from child labor and other forms of exploitation. Other grassroots initiatives include dental and eye camps, eye screenings, nutrition screenings, and infrastructure development according to the specific needs of each community.

 

Uganda is a country in Eastern Africa where over 75% of the population lives below the poverty line. HELP’s program allows volunteers to participate in substantive projects which asses needs in country, ascertain community investment, and develop innovative poverty alleviating programs which allow for opportunities of growth and development. Projects in Uganda are done collaboratively with local NGOs and other partner in-country.

 

If you would like more information please visit the HELP International website www.help-international.org or email me at ammie.pace@gmail.com.