Erika Christiansen

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End Date: May 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Global Brigades offers 7-day Human Rights Brigades throughout the year in Panama. Human Rights Brigades primarily work with rural communities that are under-resourced and largely unaware of their own legal rights. Throughout the week, Human Rights Brigades volunteers shadow Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting to rural communities. A free legal clinic provides opportunities for volunteers to not only receive experience with Panamanian legal professionals but also experience first-hand the obstacles to justice and the culture of legal misinformation in rural communities. Volunteers also work to provide capacity building and education-based workshops on various legal concepts to empower communities through education. Additionally, volunteers continue shadowing Panamanian lawyers while they gather important information to initiate the process of resolving family legal cases, many of which have been stalled in Panama's legal system through institutional inefficiencies and the prohibitive high costs of legal services. Between brigades, Global Brigades’ in-country staff works to secure legal outcomes and provide follow-up to the community.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $990.00 / Airfare Goal: $565.00

Cynthia Christiansen donated $240

Apr 29, 2016 08:48 AM

Erika Jean D Christiansen donated $565

Mar 21, 2016 05:17 PM

Cynthia Christiansen donated $500

Feb 16, 2016 09:07 AM

Cynthia A Christiansen donated $250

Feb 11, 2016 09:09 PM

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