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| | Working in remote communities promoting health and raising awareness of HIV/AIDS | | | | PROGRAM IN BRIEF | | Continent: | South America | | Development areas: | Health | | | HIV/AIDS | | | Education | | | Youth | | YCA Focused MDG: | Number 6; Health & HIV/AIDS. | |  | | | | PROGRAM OVERVIEW
| | The Youth Challenge Australia Guyana Program has been involved with over 100 community-identified development projects since its beginning. Providing the opportunity for international and local youth participate on development projects, YCA works towards the facilitation of health and HIV/AIDS programs on a community level. Working in partnership with Youth Challenge Guyana, YCA organises projects that promoting awareness of the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS and address issues of health, education and youth development objectives. On the program you will be able to experience the colourful cultures and the untouched landscapes of Guyana. You will have the opportunity to work with diverse groups of community members including Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese and indigenous Amerdinia, and see the many river systems and rainforests which make up Guyana.
YCA continues to work in collaboration with Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) to identify and support numerous communities that require assistance in Guyana and to work with them towards a sustainable future. | | | | GET INVOLVED:
| | Guyana is one of the poorest countries in the Commonwealth Caribbean. A multitude of social development challenges still face Guyana: lack of access to education, a lack of youth opportunities, ensuring the health and safety of mining workers, and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in communities. Guyana is one of the few Caribbean countries whose HIV/AIDS epidemic has spread beyond specific high-risk groups in the general population. In 2006, the national HIV prevalence rate in Guyana among adults ages 15 to 49 was estimated at 2.4%. The three main issues facing the Guyanese community are the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS, unemployment and lack of access to education, health, water and sanitation, as well as basic infrastructure. By getting involved you will be able to learn more and experience the lives of Guyanese people and communities first hand, contribute to improving the standard of living in Guyana and assisting in objectives which will improve health and increase education in some of the poorest areas and help support the development of Guyanese children, youth and communities.
|  | | | COUNTRY PROFILE | | Location: | Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela. Located above Brazil. | | Capital: | Georgetown | | Population: | 772,298 2009 (EST). | | Language/s: | Official language is English, and other recognised regional languages | | HDI: | 115/182 | | Life Expectance: | 75.6 years | | Infant Mortality: | 22 in 1000 births | | Adult Literacy Rate: | 99% | | Population living below the national poverty line: | 16.8% | | Climate: | Tropical, hot and humid moderated by northeast trade wings; two rainy season (May to August, November to January). | | Government: | Semi-presidential republic. | | .jpg) | | | | PAST GUYANA PROJECT | | | | | | Mahdia/Campbelltown, and Micobie. | | | | | | To improve the communities’ capacity to manage and maintain infrastructure, and promote health and literacy among children and youth. | | | | | | Children and youth within the community. | | | The communities of Mahdia, Campbelltown and Micobie. | | | The project working on building the capacity of local individuals and community groups around the importance of health and sanitation. The YCA team engaged with community members in recycling and clean-up programs, youth work and community management workshops. This project work towards bringing further awareness of the local environment and how to manage, lead and organize community councils for the ongoing benefit of the community. The team also worked to promote health and safety by conducting swimming lessons and first aid workshops to boost community and youth water safety and awareness of health. During the project, the team also worked to support the literacy programme for a local primary school children by providing after-school assistance in the areas of education and language development. | | | Click here for Guyana Photo Gallery | | | | |
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