Tiffany Cole

Esteli, Nicaragua

Passionate About:

Student leadership development, Global Brigades (obviously), travel, learning new languages, and Godiva chocolate.

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Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Business Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Business Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Business Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Business Brigades at City of Boston
Chapter: Business Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Business Brigades at Wellesley College
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Human Rights Brigade at Wellesley College
Chapter: Human Rights Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Human Rights Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at MCPHS
Chapter: Medical Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Medical Brigades of New Hampshire
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at City of Boston
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Montclair State University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Seton Hall University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Smith College
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at UMass Amherst
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Wellesley College
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Water Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Water Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Water Brigades at Williams College
Chapter: Water Brigades of New Hampshire
Chapter: Water/Engineering Brigades at Brown University
Website: http://www.globalbrigades.org

Phone: +1 206 489 4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Architecture Brigades

About Us

The Architecture Program strives to improve in-home infrastructure and economic production in Global Brigades’ communities by designing and constructing small scale or in-home projects such as chicken coops, roofs, and additional rooms that will enhance community members’ health, quality-of-life and income. By improving their homes, community members can better prevent disease and maintain a positive mental state. Similarly, families choosing to build infrastructure for economic ventures that can generate more income, which could theoretically be used to independently enhance their living space. These important projects are both designed and built by student volunteers in collaboration with community members on 7 days trips to Honduras. Students volunteering on Architecture Brigades participate in either infrastructure design or constructions. On the initial Design Brigade, they consult with community members and draft blueprints for the in-home infrastructure or small-scale economic development projects sought by the family. On subsequent Build Brigades, students construct the projects alongside skilled Honduran masons and community members and ultimately create the in-home infrastructure needed to improve health, quality-of-life, and income. Student volunteers teach community members the construction techniques necessary to maintain the projects and ensure that they will continue to serve local families well into the future.