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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

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Dilsara Chand

 
 Dilsara Chand is a female community health volunteer (FCHV). Among her primary duties, she is responsible for motivating local women to take advantage of local government health services.

Nonetheless, Dilsara didn’t know that she was experiencing uterine prolapse. Uterine prolapse affects over 600,000 women in Nepal, and yet information and public awareness of the issue is severely limited.

Dilsara does not know how long she has had this condition, but she remembers the day that she realized her problem was uterine prolapse.  Five years ago, Dilsara was accompanying a patient to a general health camp that was being held in the area. As she listened to the doctor assess the patient’s symptoms and declare a case of uterine prolapse, Dilsara realized that she had many of the same symptoms. After the camp, Dilsara went home to conduct a self-diagnosis, which confirmed that she had uterine prolapse.

Dilsara, as an FCHV, is supposed to be an agent of behavior change and a promoter of openness with regard to health. But until the day of the interview, Dilsara had never told a soul about her condition.

Until women are confident enough to talk about their reproductive health and seek medical care for their problems, uterine prolapse will continue to plague communities at the high rate that it does in Baridya District.

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