Global Brigades Ireland

Public Health Brigades at Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a chapter of Global Public Health Brigades, an international movement of university students working to improve health conditions in the developing world. Through an evidence-based model, we work alongside local community members to build projects that tangibly improve lives in Honduras, Nicaragua and Ghana. Volunteers work with local masons and families to build eco-stoves, latrines, concrete floors, showers, and/or water storage units. To ensure long-term sustainability and maintenance, the Public Health program team trains and empowers local community leaders in the formation of a Basic Sanitation Committee. The Basic Sanitation Committee is responsible for carrying out in-home assessments and monitoring the status of the projects. nnIn conjunction with our Public Health Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.

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Public Health Brigades at Dublin City University

Irish division of Global Brigades International non-profit organisation. We create sustainable social and economic change in third world countries. We train our student volunteers to apply their academic knowledge in a third world context. GB Ireland empowers volunteers with the material, know-how, and support to assess and deliver solutions that provide value while preserving local culture. www.globalbrigades.org/?page_id=1618

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