Davis Root

Seattle, WA

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Leadership and service!
It may sound cheesey, but I truly do love loving others.

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Seattle University Public Health Brigade March 2012



Davis's Message

Dear family, friends, and friends in the making,

Welcome to my empowered.org page! In a nut shell, this handy tool is designed to help you help me make the biggest difference possible.

This spring, along with twenty others, I will be traveling to Honduras in coordination with the Global Brigades Public Health Program. The mission of the program is to provide basic health education and materials for developing communities in rural Honduras. I will be spending a week in service installing latrines, paving floors, and providing access to sanitary water. In addition, our group as a whole will spend time educating the community members regarding issues of illness prevention.

The thing is, we need a little help aside from our own fundraising efforts to make our vision a reality. That's where you come in! If you can, a donation of any amount would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to empowered, all you need to do is input the amount via credit or debit card and it will go directly where you want it to go (i.e. myself or our organization as a whole).

Thanks so much, I truly appreciate you taking the time to visit! If you would like any more information don't hesitate to contact me. My email is rootd@seattleu.edu. Keep changing the world, one day at a time!

Agape,
Davis Root

Volunteer Activity Description

SeattleU PHB 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 four infrastructure projects meant to improve the health of the home and surrounding environment: eco-stoves, latrines, pilas (water storage units), and concrete floors. Additionally, as a key component of the program, SeattleU 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.

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