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End Date: Jun 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Public Health volunteers spend 7 days in Honduras, improving basic home infrastructure and providing health education to help reduce the incidences of life-threatening, but preventable, diseases in a rural community. With an understanding of the holistic model that focuses on education, community health sustainability and infrastructural development, volunteers first receive a comprehensive introduction to the country\\\'s public health challenges and the Public Health program\\\'s ground-up solution. They will take a tour of the community Public Health is currently working in, introduce themselves to the beneficiary families, and meet with the Basic Sanitation Committee (CSB). Then, working side-by-side with community members and local masons, volunteers construct five infrastructure projects meant to improve the health of the home and surrounding environment: eco-stoves, latrines, pilas (water storage units), showers and concrete floors. Additionally, as a key component of the program, Public Health volunteers collaborate with the Basic Sanitation Committee and local teachers to help provide community-wide education workshops and training, proliferating sanitation and hygiene practices and empowering families with both the knowledge and tools to live healthier lives.

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

The individuals that will only be participating in the Med/Dental Brigade (6/2-6/8) or Public Health (6/8-6/14) will fundraise $750 for the program contribution (+ airfare), while those participating in both the Public Health and Med/Dental Brigades (6/2-6/14) will fundraise $1,400 for the program contribution (+ airfare).

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $-1,728

Saying "payment to blessings for meds"

Jun 15, 2013 12:38 PM

Jenine Hassoun donated $100

Saying "Jenine Hassoun - operation panic"

May 31, 2013 06:37 PM

Ramir Vega donated $1,625

May 31, 2013 06:04 PM

Elias Rodriguez donated $80

May 31, 2013 04:00 PM

Roshni Desai donated $80

May 30, 2013 10:35 PM

Lauren Tholemeier donated $80

May 29, 2013 11:06 PM

Aracely Velazquez donated $40

May 29, 2013 05:49 PM

Megan Delehoy donated $80

May 29, 2013 05:27 PM

Daniel Wong donated $80

May 28, 2013 10:24 PM

Brea Willey donated $80

Saying "Brea Willey"

Apr 26, 2013 11:44 PM

Zach Winchester donated $80

Apr 26, 2013 12:24 AM

Kimberly Woo donated $80

Apr 25, 2013 12:47 AM

zina ahmed donated $80

Apr 24, 2013 11:00 PM

Stephanie Chan donated $80

Apr 24, 2013 03:39 PM

Julianne Bozzini donated $80

Apr 24, 2013 10:51 AM

Yasmin Hadian donated $80

Apr 24, 2013 12:44 AM

Yagana Parwak donated $80

Apr 22, 2013 10:14 PM

41% Complete (success)
$1,076.76

of $2,578.00

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volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal