Adolescent Health Educator - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Guyana • South America - 2 years, plus 3 months training

About The Project

Want to support adolescents in building confidence and making healthy life choices? This opportunity in Guyana is for you!

Youth in Guyana face serious challenges, including depression, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, sexually transmitted infections, and violence. These issues are compounded by bullying, poor body image, low self-esteem, weak coping skills, and limited psychosocial support. Guyana has the second-highest suicide rate in the world, and adolescent mental health struggles are deeply rooted and multifaceted. Young people also encounter significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health information and services, often leaving them to make uninformed and risky decisions. Teenage mothers account for roughly one-fifth of all births in Guyana. While the Ministry of Education’s health and family life education curriculum includes comprehensive sexual and reproductive health content, teachers have requested more training to deliver the content more effectively. The Ministry of Social Cohesion’s Department of Youth offers community-based programs, but adolescents participate inconsistently.

Activities

• Conduct community assessment to identify priorities.
• Strengthen the technical capacity of service providers to effectively deliver health services and high-quality health education.
• Facilitate the health and family life education curriculum.
• Train teachers on utilizing innovative facilitation techniques in the classroom.
• Facilitate engaging club and camp activities for adolescents.
• Guide health care workers to provide age-appropriate services.
• Work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as conducting menstrual health workshops or assisting local libraries.

Required Skills

• Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
• Associate degree in any field and at least two years of full-time, post-high school work experience (from any combination of roles).
• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• High school diploma or GED and four years of full-time, post-high school work (from any combination of roles).

Language

There are no pre-requisite language requirements for this position.

Key dates

• APPLY BY : November 15, 2026
• KNOW BY : January 1, 2027
• DEPART ON : May 30, 2027
• DURATION : 2 years, plus 3 months training