West Virginia University Public Health Brigade March 2016 Nicaragua
Public Health Brigades at West Virginia University
Brigade Information
Dates: March 19 - March 25, 2016
Country: Nicaragua
West Virginia University 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, Panama, 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. In 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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Hunter Moreland donated 14.4100 | 2958 days ago
Joseph Arrigo donated $1.41 | 2963 days ago
TammyBarker donated $100.00 | 2964 days ago
Cristin Dolan donated $367.22 | 2967 days ago
Lucas F Bobbitt donated $540.22 | 2967 days ago
Matthew Evan Dunbar donated $654.41 | 2967 days ago
Jessica stroop donated $140.00 | 2968 days ago
Kimberly Duda donated $130.00 | 2968 days ago
West Virginia University Public Health Brigade March 2016 Nicaragua
Public Health Brigades at West Virginia University
