Describe Your Job As PCV Flashcards
Responsibilities
Inshinga/ inshingano
To describe
Gusobanura
To give advice
Gutanga inama
Good nutrition
Imirire myiza
Maternal health
Ubuzima bw’umubyeyi
Family planning
No kuboneza urubyaro
Child health
Ubuzima bw’umwana
To teach American culture and learn Rwandan culture
Kwigisha umuco wa Amerika no kwiga umuco w’u Rwanda
To teach hygiene
Kwigisha isuku
We are not doctors
Ntabwo turi abaganga
We don’t get paid because we are volunteers
Ntabwo duhembwa kuko turi abakorerabushake
We don’t give out money
Ntabwo dutanga amafaranga
To have good nutrition
Kugira imirire myiza
To eat a complete meal
Kurya indyo yuzuye
(Foods that) cause/ give energy
Ibitera imbaraga e.g. Ibirayi
(Foods that) prevent illness
Ibirinda indwara e.g. Imboga, imbuto
(Foods that) build the body
Ibyubaka umubiri e.g. Amagi, inyama
To use purified water
Gukoresha amazi asukuye
To purify, clean
Gusukura
To be tested for an illness
Kwisuzumisha indwara
OR kwipimisha
To have diarrhea
Guhitwa
OR Kugira impiswi
The peace corps is an American organization (a family of American people)
Peace Corps ni umuryango w’abanyamerika
It was founded by JFK in 1961
Watangijwe na JFK mu 1961
The Peace Corps has 3 goals
Peace Corps ifite intego 3
- To give volunteers to countries that need them
Gutanga abakorerabushake mu bihugu bibakeneye (bibashaka)
- Volunteers learn the culture of the countries in they are working
Abakorerabushake biga umuco w’ibihugu bakoraMO
- Volunteers teach people in the countries in they work the culture of America
Abakorerabushake bigisha abantu mu bihugu bakoramo umuco wa Amerika
In Rwanda there are two organizations: health and education
Mu Rwanda hari gahunda ebyeri:
Ubuzima n’uburezi
Work; job
Akazi
