Slide 1: Global Medical Brigades
Information Session ARCHITECTURE.BUSINESS.DENTAL.ENVIRONMENT.LAW.MEDICAL.
PUBLIC HEALTH.WATER www.globalbrigades.org
Slide 2: Global Brigades is the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. As a secular, international nonprofit organization, we mobilize student volunteers and professionals to empower communities in developing countries with programs that improve quality of life while respecting local culture and improving the environment.
Between 2008 and 2009, more than 4,000 volunteers from 80 GB university chapters in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. traveled to provide health and economic development solutions to more than 50,000 beneficiaries through our teams in Panama and Honduras. ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN
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THE BERKELEY POSTBACCS : THE BERKELEY POSTBACCS 2008 Trip Statistics
● 25 volunteers (1 doctor, 1 nurse)
● Over 800 people treated
● $300,000 worth of medications
raised
● 30 suitcases of medications
● 1 stove built 2009 Trip Statistics
● 27 volunteers (3 doctors, 1 nurse)
● 1,847 people treated May 2010 Trip
● 25 volunteers (1 MD, 1 NP, 4 RN)
14 Public Health Brigade volunteers
● Dental Station and Patient Education
● 3 additional days of Public Health Brigades
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Slide 6: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Communities are selected by an extensive study based on need, access to medicine, and health system infrastructure.
Most communities are within only a few hours of student accommodations, so that daily travel for brigades is feasible and safe.
Global Brigades only works in communities where we have been invited and have strong relationships with community leaders.
Slide 7: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Introduction to Global Medical Brigades
Slide 8: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Each brigade visits 4 communities to operate primary care clinics
and provide health education workshops.
Slide 9: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN ● Day 1: leave late in the evening
● Day 2: arrive in Honduras; relax and recover
● Day 3: tour Nuevo Paraiso orphanage and Flor Azul boys school; souvenir shopping; sort and pack meds/supplies
● Day 4: Brigade day
● Day 5: Brigade day
● Day 6: Brigade day
● Day 7: Brigade day, FIESTA!
● Day 8: morning activity; departure in the afternoon
Slide 10: 7:00am: Breakfast
8:00am: Travel to community
Setup medical clinic
Provide care to patients
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Continue Medical Brigade
4:00pm: Leave once all are cared for
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Post-brigade organizing
Flag medical records
Sort medicines
Hand-off patient records for
follow-up to MD’s ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN
Slide 11: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Introduction to Public Health Brigades
PROJECTS : PROJECTS Latrines
The lack of proper sanitary facilities in many rural homes causes the spread of infectious disease
Diarrheal disease, often spread through poor sanitary conditions, kills 4.5 million children yearly Concrete floors
The dirt floors of many rural families put children at serious risk of Chagas disease (which can be life-threatening if untreated) and other parasites
It is estimated that 8-11 million people in Latin America are presently infected with Chagas disease
PROJECTS : PROJECTS Pilas
These serve as water storage tanks and provide families a place to wash clothes and dishes Clean-burning stoves - the majority of rural families use wood burning stoves without chimneys for all their daily cooking
Our stove design:
Includes a chimney, preventing significant respiratory disease
Requires less wood, helping to prevent global warming and decrease deforestation (a significant problem in Honduras)
PHB AGENDA : PHB AGENDA Day 7, 8, 9 - Public Health Brigades >7:00am: Breakfast8:00am: Travel to community (same community for all three days)9:00am: Administer health education workshops10:00am: Begin construction of eco-stoves, latrines, pilas or concrete floorsNoon: Lunch1:00pm: Continue construction4:00pm: Community bonding and cultural activity5:00pm: Departure back to accommodations7:00pm: Dinner8:00pm: Night time bonding and reflections
BENEFITS OF A PHB : BENEFITS OF A PHB Hands-on work in international development
Develop real-world solutions to help improve public health
Empower a community to raise its standard of living
Build your community organizing, development, and assessment skills
See the immediate results of your work
Work side by side with local people
Practice and learn Spanish
Experience life in rural Central America With each brigade, you are making a tangible difference in that community
Slide 16: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Electricity, showers, and linens
Laundry and room cleaning
Private chefs prepare nutritious food
Security on duty
Internet cafe
Slide 17: ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN Included in program fee:
7 days and 6 nights program
Accommodations and meals
In-country transportation
On-site security and laundry services
Spanish translators and coordinators
Program sustainability $750 + Airfare + $75* $950 + Airfare + $75* 7-day Medical Brigade 10-day Medical/Public Health Brigade * $75 grant/medication fee can be reduced through successful fundraisers! All costs are paid via brigades.org. Each brigader gets his or her own site through which individuals and businesses can make tax-deductible donations
VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES : VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES Attend bi-monthly meetings
Raise $100 worth of medications via donation (usually from doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals- we will help you get started!)
Help recruit medical professionals
Join a team: Pharmacy, Grants, Fundraising
MEETINGS : MEETINGS Important information
and updates
Ideas for personal and
group fundraising
Team meetings and
brainstorming
Medical Spanish workshop
Mock brigade
Medication & supply updates/packing ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN
START A PROJECT! : START A PROJECT! Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Maternal Health
Women’s Health/Empowerment
Diagnostics
...etc. ABOUT.LOCATION.VIDEO.BRIGADES.FOLLOW-UP.SCHEDULE.LODGING.PROGRAM FEE.JOIN WHAT NEXT? : WHAT NEXT? Apply online (berkeleypostbaccsgmb.weebly.com) and pay $35 application deposit
Next meeting: October 3rd @noon (on UC Berkeley campus)
Interested in a leadership position?
E-mail
[email protected] January 2011 Brigade
Medical: January 8th-14th
Medical + Public Health: January 8th-17th
Slide 22: Questions? ARCHITECTURE.BUSINESS.DENTAL.ENVIRONMENT.LAW.MEDICAL.PUBLIC HEALTH.WATER www.globalbrigades.org BERKELEYPOSTBACCSGMB.WEEBLY.COM