Stony Brook Public Health Brigade Panama 2014


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Jun 8, 2014 12:00 AM
End Date: Jun 14, 2014 12:00 AM

Stony Brook PHB volunteers spend 7 days in Panama, improving basic home infrastructure and providing health education to help reduce the incidences of life-threatening, but preventable, diseases in a rural community. With an understanding of the holistic model that focuses on education, community health sustainability and infrastructural development, volunteers first receive a comprehensive introduction to the countrys public health challenges and the Public Health programs ground-up solution. They will take a tour of the community Public Health is currently working in, introduce themselves to the beneficiary families, and meet with the Basic Sanitation Committee (CSB). Then, working side-by-side with community members and local masons, volunteers construct four infrastructure projects meant to improve the health of the home and surrounding environment: eco-stoves, latrines, pilas (water storage units), and concrete floors. Additionally, as a key component of the program, Stony Brook 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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Anya Stécie Charles

Passionate about: I am passionate about helping people. Being from a Third-World country, I have witnessed poverty first hand. I love Public Health and General Medicine.

Ehsan Ahmed

Passionate about: Helping people, one country at a time!
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Anya Stecie Charles donated $1 3958 days ago
Kaitlyn Gerlin donated $3 3958 days ago
Ulugbek Razakov donated $1 3958 days ago
bushra azhar donated $5 3959 days ago

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