Working with local rural communities, Volunteers help to improve water supplies, improve access to proper sanitation, and increase understanding of the impact of clean water and hygiene on good health. Volunteers also work with nurses and local leaders to develop health education activities in support of child survival and to improve the training of village health workers, traditional birth attendants, and village health committees.
Volunteers team with their counterparts to bring about behavioral changes in the rural population.
Volunteers train such health agents as nurses, midwives, health assistants and supervisors, as well as community health workers.