Our Trip: March 9-16, 2013
Your Seven Days in Honduras
During your 7 day brigade, you will work alongside community members and our staff to empower a rural community to improve their quality of life. The brigade begins on arrival with an introduction to the public health struggles in Central America, especially Honduras, where the staff and students will discuss relevant issues in global health. The first day will consist of group members conducting needs assessment surveys in a community that public health will be working with in the future. The next four days will be spent in our current community implementing four construction projects; latrines, water storage units, concrete floors, and clean-cooking stoves. These projects will be completed in one or various homes depending on the needs of each family, and students will work with family members making these projects a reality. Following project construction, students will lead educational workshops for adults and children of the community teaching basic sanitation and hygiene practices, offering nutritional advice, and educating them on basic disease prevention. During the educational day students will have some free time to spend with the families and deliver the care packages consisting of clothing, shoes, school supplies, and hygiene supply donations.
During your 7 day brigade, you will work alongside community members and our staff to empower a rural community to improve their quality of life. The brigade begins on arrival with an introduction to the public health struggles in Central America, especially Honduras, where the staff and students will discuss relevant issues in global health. The first day will consist of group members conducting needs assessment surveys in a community that public health will be working with in the future. The next four days will be spent in our current community implementing four construction projects; latrines, water storage units, concrete floors, and clean-cooking stoves. These projects will be completed in one or various homes depending on the needs of each family, and students will work with family members making these projects a reality. Following project construction, students will lead educational workshops for adults and children of the community teaching basic sanitation and hygiene practices, offering nutritional advice, and educating them on basic disease prevention. During the educational day students will have some free time to spend with the families and deliver the care packages consisting of clothing, shoes, school supplies, and hygiene supply donations.