Global Public Health Brigades (UW Madison Chapter) Jan 2016 Brigade
Public Health Brigades at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Brigade Information
Dates: January 05 - January 12, 2014
Country: Nicaragua
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a chapter of Global Public Health Brigades, an international movement of university students working to improve health conditions in the developing world. Through an evidence-based model, we work alongside local community members to build projects that tangibly improve lives in Honduras, Nicaragua and Ghana. Volunteers work with local masons and families to build eco-stoves, latrines, concrete floors, showers, and/or water storage units. To ensure long-term sustainability and maintenance, the Public Health program team trains and empowers local community leaders in the formation of a Basic Sanitation Committee. The Basic Sanitation Committee is responsible for carrying out in-home assessments and monitoring the status of the projects. nnIn conjunction with our Public Health Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.
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Aekyung Lee donated $134.00 | 4121 days ago
jocelyn seppala donated $832.00 | 4121 days ago
Miranda Manzanares donated 684.00 | 4121 days ago
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Marjorie Kersten donated 652 | 4122 days ago
Julia Garside donated 148 | 4122 days ago
Julia Garside donated 148 | 4122 days ago

Global Public Health Brigades (UW Madison Chapter) Jan 2016 Brigade
Public Health Brigades at University of Wisconsin - Madison