Yale Public Health Brigade March 2014 Honduras


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Mar 9, 2014 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 15, 2014 12:00 AM

Yale 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 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, Brown 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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Alexandra Cadena

Passionate about: Women\'s health education and policies that improve sanitation in remote communities.

Mary Turfah

Passionate about: helping people, and myself, uncover our shared humanity

Sarah Merchant

Passionate about: Global Health Issues in Latin America
Activity details were updated 4343 days ago
Activity details were updated 4343 days ago
Alexandra Cadena donated $466 4348 days ago
Anonymous donated $712 4348 days ago
Alexandra Cadena donated $200 4349 days ago

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