Flora Cust

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Volunteer Activity Message

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. 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 improve basic home infrastructure and provide health education to help reduce the incidences of life-threatening, but preventable, diseases in a rural community. 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. Additionally, as a key component of the program, Public Health 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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Program Goal: £0.00 / Airfare Goal: £0.00

Anonymous donated £635

May 21, 2013 03:28 AM

Miss T R Archer donated £10

May 13, 2013 03:28 PM

Sophie Harvey donated £10

Apr 08, 2013 06:44 AM

Anonymous donated £55

Apr 04, 2013 04:56 PM

Anonymous donated £117

Mar 31, 2013 10:54 AM

Miss Flora Cust donated £300

Saying "Cake Sale Ashbourne 30/03/13"

Mar 31, 2013 10:53 AM

J F Cust donated £75

Mar 26, 2013 10:46 AM

Mr Irfan Zaki donated £8

Mar 06, 2013 01:16 AM

Anonymous donated £150

Mar 03, 2013 10:35 AM

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