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Published on: 8/18/2003
Last Visited: 3/30/2004
Ken and Lynne Best of Zillah are currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Nepal.Ken, 56, is an agricultural and civil engineer helping develop water and sanitation facilities.Lynne, 46, is a nurse working as a health care instructor.
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Lynne is an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner.She worked for Planned Parenthood of Central Washington before becoming a PCV (Peace Corps volunteer).
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Bests: Lynne is Health Care Instructor.She teaches staff nursing students at the Janakpur Nursing Campus.She also volunteers with the Family Planning Association of Nepal as a clinical advisor, and in her spare time she conducts workshops for young Nepali women, age 14-19, on reproductive health and about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.She didn't have any previous teaching experience, but she has 20 years of nursing experience as an LPN, RN, and an ARNP.
Ken's job is a Water and Sanitation Coordinator.His office is the Water Supply and Sanitation District Office in Janakpur, Nepal.He assists the staff there with activities related to providing water supply and sanitation facilities to rural villages in this district.He is also assisting the Janakpur municipal government to develop a solid waste management plan for the town, identify and acquire a suitable site for a sanitary land fill, make improvements to the town storm drainage system, and improve other municipal services such as street lighting.
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Lynne is supporting that decision, but is eager to get started on an international career in the health care field and will seek employment with international agencies based in Kathmandu.