Sunya Akhter

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Hi my name is Sunya Akhter, this summer I have been given the amazing opportunity to travel to Nicaragua with Global Public Health Brigade chapter at Drexel University. Last year I traveled to Honduras on a Water Brigade, this was a life changing and eye opening experience, which has now inspired me to continue on with this organization and volunteer and empower under-resourced communities!
It has always been my passion to help others, this trip will not only allow me to help the underprivileged communities in Nicaragua, but would also open my eyes to different issues faced by other countries on a daily basis. With your help, I will achieve the goal of providing a health infrastructure along with providing these communities with the education they need to maintain healthy living conditions. Any donation will make this incredible experience and opportunity possible! Thank you for all of your support!!

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Website: https://www.globalbrigades.org

Phone: 1 206 489 4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Public Health Brigades

About Us

Drexel 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.