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Thank you to everyone who applied for the Queen’s Health Outreach Executive for 2010/2011. We are very happy with the number of qualified and dedicated individuals that applied! Interviews for General Co-directors will take place on Saturday March 6, 2010.
The newly appointed General Co-directors will then contact the rest of the applicants to schedule interviews.
IMPORTANT: If you applied for the executive and have not received a confirmatory e-mail please e-mail codirectors@qho.ca ASAP.
If you have any questions or conerns please feel free to e-mail the General Codirectors @ codirectors@qho.ca
Thank you!
Selena Zhang and Nicole Buscema
Queen’s Health Outreach
General Directors 2009/2010
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that
ever has.” – Margaret Mead
The organisation is pleased to welcome thirty-three new faces to the team.
We are ecstatic with the enthusiasm and tremendous potential of every Peer
Educator that has been selected for a project, and are looking forward to
a great year ahead.
Congratulations and Welcome!
Thank you to all QHO peer educator applicants! We received many great
applications and cannot wait to meet you all in person this week. Below is
the individual interview schedule for Peer Educators. If you have
submitted an application and are not on the schedule please e-mail
codirectors@qho.ca. If you have a conflict with your interview time please
e-mail codirectors@qho.ca by 9:00 AM Thursday October 22. Please note that
it is strongly suggested that you make your scheduled interview time.
Please arrive 5 – 10 minutes before your scheduled time. GOOD LUCK!
Nicole Buscema and Selena Zhang
Queen’s Health Outreach
General Co-Directors 2009/2010
codirectors@qho.ca
The following committees are meeting in the next week:
Please do not hesitate to contact the project/committee directors if you are unable to make a meeting!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our general information meetings this week! Peer Educator applications are now available online (see link below). Please read through the instructions thoroughly. Email individual project directors or co-directors with questions or concerns.
2009-2010 Peer Educator Applications [Updated]
Applications are due to the QHO office (JDUC 209) at noon on Friday, October 16th.
Please note the application is the same for all projects (Belize, Guyana, Kenya, Kingston, and Northern). Please address all applicable application questions in your cover letter for the project(s) that you are applying for.
Interview times will be posted online and on the QHO office door on Tuesday, October 20th. Due to the high volume of applicants every year, it is highly encouraged that you make your scheduled interview time. If there are extenuating circumstances that will prevent this, contact Bryan Hoy at 6bh5@queensu.ca by Wednesday, October 21st.
Project and Committee Meeting Times:
ALE HOUSE Pre-Halloween Bash!
Be sure to come out to our first fundraiser to get to know the QHO executive and support the organization!
Thursday October 29th, 2009
$5 Cover – Join us in the Canteen at 9:00pm (All-Ages Event)
Cover includes admission to Ale House at 11:30pm!
Good Luck!
Queen’s Health Outreach (QHO) is recruiting peer educators and volunteers!
QHO is a non-profit, student-run, educational initiative that is dedicated
to improving health both locally and abroad. The organisation runs summer
projects in seven different locations around the world including Belize,
Guyana, Kenya and four locations in Northern Canada.
Peer Educators work with community-specific curriculum, focusing on
health-related topics such as HIV/AIDS, Responsible Sexuality, Drug Abuse,
Puberty and many others.
We also have opportunities throughout the school year to get involved in
our KINGSTON ACTIVITIES Project, write for our international health and
development magazine WITHIN REACH, and volunteer for one of our other
committees:
- Communications
- Fundraising
- Public Relations
For more information, visit our website at www.qho.ca and come to one of
our two information sessions:
Tuesday October 6th @ 5:30, Humphrey 102
Wednesday October 7th @ 5:30, Chernoff Auditorium
No experience is necessary, all faculties welcome!
*Applications will be available online following the AGMs next week.*
Queen’s Health Outreach is re-opening applications for the following
positions on the 2009-2010 Executive:
Education Co-Director
Northern Canada Project Director
Director of Web and Design
To apply, submit a cover sheet, cover letter and resume to the QHO office
(JDUC 209) by 4pm, Monday September 28th. You will be contacted shortly
thereafter for an interview.
Email codirectors@qho.ca or visit our website at www.qho.ca for more
information on position specific responsibilities.
Best of Luck!
Thanks to everyone who has been expressing interest in our peer educator
hiring process. Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in the
first week of October, and hiring will continue throughout the month. We
will post more information on requirements, dates and times as they become
available. Keep checking back within the next few weeks!
Also stay on the lookout for website updates by individual projects and
committee. Weekly volunteer meetings will begin shortly!
I think I can speak for all of us when I say that our 8 weeks in Guyana absolutely flew by. However, the seven of us (Julie Kugelmass, Scott Belyea, Celine Lee, Tori Payne, Sydney Oastler, Maggie O’Dea, Melana Roberts, and Anthony Babic) tried to cherish every day as much as possible. What an experience! Guyana is such an amazing country, filled with natural beauty, friendly and welcoming people, and an exceptionally care free attitude that was something we definitely had to adjust to, but learned to love by the end. Although each project was very unique, we all came out of the project united, being able to appreciate our time in Guyana together immensely. However, it goes without saying that we all had very trying times, not only in specific situations, but also in learning to adjust with the culture, each other, and even ourselves, but the overall experience was beyond a positive one and is something none of us will ever forget.
Split up into three groups, we all had incredibly different experiences. One group consisting of Melana and Anthony were placed in Georgetown. Getting to be at the core of Guyanese culture, they had an incredible amount of teaching time and experiences, and were even able to do quite a bit of travelling to surrounding communities. Working very closely with our Red Cross contacts, they did an awesome job of furthering our project to include a variety of different groups including groups of people affected or living with HIV/AIDS, community groups, and schools.
Next there was the Region 1 group: Julia, Scott, and Celine who travelled to Moruca and the surrounding areas. This area is immensely beautiful, full of lush green rainforest makes for an unforgettable scenery. The people of Moruca are those that could never be forgotten as the Amerindians (native people of Guyana) provided an extremely welcoming and comforting environment for the group to immerse themselves into. With Moruca being only accessibly by boat, this group spent much time travelling through the Moruca river to the outlying communities. This years Moruca team did a spectacular job in providing health education to a number of areas that have never been touched by other years. With this being said their project was very successful in providing health outreach to a number of school groups, youth groups, farmers, and hospitals. Having been stationed in the village of Santa Rosa for a month, the group even had the opportunity to take on the role of a substitute teacher! Overall, times had, left these three with great memories and a great overall experience to come home with.
Lastly the group that went to Region 9 included myself, Tori, and Maggie. We were based in Lethem and travelled throughout the weeks to surrounding communities. We got to see the most flat lands imaginable, along with the most beautiful mountains. Coming home covered in the very recognizable, and hard to wash off, Lethem dirt (bright red) we were reminded for weeks of our time in Lethem. We taught mostly in schools, hospitals, and health centres, and would have liked the opportunity to do even more! The kids and health workers were so appreciative and a joy to work with. Not only was the scenery spectacular, but the people were unmatched. We were always made to feel extremely welcome, and people were willing to do whatever they could to make our time in Region 9 more enjoyable, which we are endlessly grateful for.
Overall, all three projects experienced a great deal of success in many different areas, each one with its own extremely individual aspects. The beauty of this country is matched only by the hospitality of its people, and all seven of us know we are so lucky to have been able to share this experience. Julia and myself as the Project Directors for 09/10 cannot wait to impart our experiences, knowledge, advice, and excitement to next year’s Peer Educators. Thanks to QHO for such an incredible experience and we can’t wait to see where next year takes us!
-Sydney and Julia
