March 2013 UNC Chapel Hill PHB


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Mar 10, 2013 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 16, 2013 12:00 AM

UNC Chapel Hill volunteers spend 7 days in Honduras, 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 country\'s public health challenges and the Public Health program\'s 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, UNC Chapel Hill 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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$28,942.50

of $37,000.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal


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Hannah Madison Smith

Passionate about: Running, Art, Writing, Literature, Coffee, Public Health, Politics, Economics, Music, UNC, Traveling.

Karina Javalkar

Passionate about: Public Health!

Monisola Anjorin

Passionate about: I have a genuine long-standing passion for engagement and service in Public Health. I view success as the point in which one realizes that he or she has been a divine instrument in the lives of others... [Read More]
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