Manisha Kumar

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September 2012 Imperial College Medical Brigade Ghana



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Dear all,

Welcome to my project page. As some of you will know, I volunteered with Global Brigades in Honduras last year, and this September I'm travelling to Ghana to take part in a medical brigade. 20% of the patients that Global Brigades see have never seen a medical professional before, and so the work Global Brigades do is very important!

I am fundraising to help cover the cost of the drugs and materials we take with us; each doctor's pack is worth £370 and can treat 1200 people, and so all contributions are sincerely appreciated and necessary to make this project possible.

Everything helps make a difference, as just £1 can buy one of:

-100 amoxicillin tablets
-3 asthma inhalers
-280 aspirin tablets
-200 iron tablets and more!

So if you are interested in making a donation to this project, please click the 'DONATE' button. It's fast, efficient and 100% secure!

Finally, thank you for visiting my page, and feel free to forward this page to anyone you know who might be interested in donating or volunteering as doctor! Many thanks.

- Manisha

Volunteer Activity Description

Global Medical and Dental Brigades in Ghana work alongside each other on a 10-day long brigade in under-resourced communities around the central region of Ghana. Each medical and dental brigade incorporates a public health portion at the end of the 4 clinical days. The 10-day medical and public health brigade provides volunteers with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on communities while gaining hands-on experience in the field of international medicine. Prior to travel, volunteers collect medicines, recruit health professionals and fundraise. Once in Ghana, the team will visit one partner community to administer a 3-4 day-long clinic and conduct health workshops. During clinical days, community members are able to consult doctors and dentists, fill any necessary prescriptions, receive necessary dental care, and sit-in on health education lectures. At the end of the medical portion, volunteers then have a chance to build public health projects to address some of the environmental health issues. Public Health construction includes latrines, eco-stoves, and water filtration devices.

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