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Mar 14	Volunteer Activity: University of Maryland Baltimore County Human Rights Brigade March 2015 Panama

University of Maryland Baltimore County Human Rights Brigade March 2015 Panama

End Date: Mar 20, 2015 12:00 AM

Volunteer Activity Message

Global Brigades offers a 7-day Human Rights Brigade for volunteers to participate in throughout the year in Panama. Human Rights Brigades primarily work with rural communities that are under-resourced and largely unaware of their own legal rights. Throughout the week, Human Rights Brigades volunteers shadow Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting to rural communities. A free legal clinic provides opportunities for volunteers to not only receive experience with Panamanian legal professionals, but also experience first-hand the obstacles to justice and the culture of legal misinformation in rural communities. Volunteers also work to provide capacity building and education-based workshops on various legal concepts to empower communities through education. Additionally, volunteers continue shadowing Panamanian lawyers while they gather important information to initiate the process of resolving family legal cases; many which have been stalled in Panama's legal system through institutional inefficiencies and the prohibitive high costs of legal services. Between brigades, Global Brigades’ in-country staff works to secure legal outcomes and provide follow-up to the community.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Michael J Lopez donated $39

Feb 28, 2015 08:18 PM

Andrew Lopez donated $550

Feb 28, 2015 05:46 PM

Vincent Zirpoli donated $100

Feb 18, 2015 07:15 PM

Antonio Naglieri donated $30

Feb 09, 2015 12:53 PM

Leo Behrendt donated $50

Feb 05, 2015 06:10 PM

Michael Ciampaglia donated $100

Jan 06, 2015 09:36 AM

Andrew Lopez donated $350

Jan 05, 2015 08:05 PM

Andrew Lopez donated $225

Dec 26, 2014 01:45 PM

Daniel Ewert donated $100

Nov 09, 2014 06:02 PM

Michael J. Lopez donated $300

Nov 09, 2014 05:49 PM

Stephanie Reynolds donated $5

Saying "good luck bud! That will be so exciting - I'm actually going to New Zealand this summer to volunteer through a conservation project. Should I do something like you did and ask for donations?"

Nov 09, 2014 01:02 PM

Anonymous donated $20

Nov 09, 2014 12:53 PM

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