Chelsea Pfeiffer

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Serving the underserved and making everyone I encounter in life smile and laugh (no matter how awkward, funny, weird I need to be)

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End Date: Dec 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

On this 9-day combined brigade, volunteers will participate in 5 days of medical brigades and 4 days of Public Health brigades, not only treating rural Hondurans for illnesses but also providing a solution to preventable diseases in communities.

Volunteers on Medical and Dental Brigades work closely together with licensed medical and dental professionals to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers 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 receives a physician consultation, public health talk, and prescribed medicines as well as have access to PAP smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Children, in addition, receive teeth cleaning, a fluoride treatment, and vitamins necessary for proper growth and development. Volunteers 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.


Public Health volunteers spend 4 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.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Chelsea Pfeiffer donated $377

Nov 24, 2013 06:00 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $27

Saying "Transfer from medications contribution"

Nov 06, 2013 05:42 PM

Anonymous donated $375

Nov 06, 2013 02:45 PM

Lisa Anderson-Shaw donated $150

Saying "Best wishes for a wonderfull Brigade experience!"

Oct 22, 2013 01:58 PM

Chelsea Pfeiffer donated $585

Oct 05, 2013 09:15 AM

Anonymous donated $30

Sep 02, 2013 10:05 PM

Chelsea Pfeiffer donated $173

Aug 21, 2013 03:13 PM

Anonymous donated $77

Jul 10, 2013 03:21 PM

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volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal