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Jan 02	Volunteer Activity: Rutgers University Human Rights January 2016 Panama
Mar 15	Volunteer Activity: Rutgers University Business Brigade March 2015 Panama

Rutgers University Human Rights January 2016 Panama

End Date: Jan 08, 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.

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Anonymous donated $239

Jan 01, 2016 09:44 AM

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Dec 31, 2015 06:47 PM

Jamil Maroun donated $100

Saying "Congrats!"

Dec 28, 2015 11:27 AM

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Donald misiak donated $100

Saying "From Don. Have fun bro helping those less fortunate, you're a good man."

Dec 25, 2015 01:53 PM

Leslie C. Quick III donated $200

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Thomas Mullins donated $100

Saying "Jon, go do good work! And have some fun, too! Merry Christmas!"

Dec 21, 2015 05:59 AM

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Saying "Good luck big guy"

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