Global Brigades USA

Langston University Kambia Business Programs

Global Brigades is a US 501c3 nonprofit recognized for its international health and sustainable development work abroad. Through an evidence-based model, we work alongside local staff and community members to build projects that tangibly improve lives in Honduras, Panama, Belize, Ghana and Greece. Kambia is transforming global education by enhancing university and college curriculums. Our programs present students with a community challenge and use experts on the ground to analyze and problem solve over the course of a semester whether that is virtual or in-person. Our on the ground staff trains and empowers local community leaders in the formation of (depending on the program Medical Class, CHEs. Public Health, Basic Sanitation Committee, etc) The Basic Sanitation Committee is responsible for carrying out in-home assessments and monitoring the status of the projects. In conjunction with our Public Health Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more about Global Brigades please visit www.globalbrigades.org and to learn more about our Kambia Programs please visit www.globalbrigades.org/kambia-program-catalog/

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Las Positas College Medical Brigades Chapter

Las Positas College is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.

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Law Brigades at Chapman University

Law Brigades at Chapman University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Chapman chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, micro-enterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention

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Law Brigades at Columbia University

Law Brigades at Columbia University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Columbia chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention.

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Law Brigades at DePaul University

Law Brigades at DePaul University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The DePaul chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business-licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation-prevention.

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Law Brigades at Hofstra Law School

Law Brigades at Hofstra Law School is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Hofstra Law School chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention

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Law Brigades at London School of Economics

Law Brigades volunteers work with Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting through a 8 day Law Brigade in Panama. Student volunteers can either join an existing Law Brigades chapter on their campus or create their own chapter and recruit other volunteers. Law Brigades provides services to remote communities using a free legal clinic model, where volunteers shadow and assist lawyers as they provide legal consulting to community members. Additionally, volunteers work to incorporate unregistered communities to empower them with rights and government benefits that they would not have received otherwise. Law Brigades primarily works with remote communities that are under resourced and largely unaware of their legal rights.

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Law Brigades at McGeorge School of Law

Law Brigades volunteers work with Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting to rural communities. Volunteers offer services through a free legal clinic, where volunteers shadow and assist lawyers as they provide legal consulting to community members. Volunteers also work to incorporate unregistered communities to empower them with rights and government benefits that they would not have received otherwise. Law Brigades primarily works with rural communities that are under resourced and largely unaware of their legal rights. Additionally, volunteers provide legal capacity building workshops on various legal concepts to empower communities through education. Between brigades, Global Brigades’ in-country staff works to secure legal outcomes and provide follow-up to the community.

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Law Brigades at Northwestern University

Northwestern Law Brigades is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Northwestern chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention.

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Law Brigades at Temple University

Temple University is a chapter of Global Human Rights Brigades, an international movement of students and attorneys providing legal education and financial resources for vulnerable families to resolve legal challenges. We focus our work with women in remote, rural, and under resourced communities who would otherwise have limited to no access to legal resources. Volunteers facilitate legal clinics with lawyers to provide pro-bono consulting and the financial resources for community members to help resolve cases. nnIn conjunction with our Human Rights Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development, clean water and sanitation projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.

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