Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Module 1 The CHPS Concept
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Figure 1.1.11: A fleet of motor bikes or bicycles for doorstep health care delivery.
Milestone 6- Volunteers
These are people in the community who are selected to assist the CHO in her work. They
are of two main types – health committees and health volunteers. Health volunteers work
directly with the nurse by conducting health promotion activities and providing basic
services. The health committee supervises the volunteers and solves problems that may arise
between the CHO, the volunteers and the community.
This phase also consists of selecting and training the community health volunteers;
organising a durbar to introduce them; holding a training for the Community Health
Committee to oversee the work of volunteers; the procurement and distribution of
essential supplies such as a home visiting kit, and spelling out what the DOs and DON’Ts of
volunteers are and how to effectively work with the health committee and the CHO.
Figure 1.1.12: A health volunteer sharing his perspectives on close-to-client health care with a visitor.