Katie Terwilliger

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UCONN Medical Brigade May 2013 Ghana



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Hey! I'm going to Ghana this May to help people (which many of you may know has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember). How exactly I'll be doing that is described below in the "Volunteer Activity Description." But I'm a broke college kid and it's going to be expensive. So if you can/want to help at all (even just $1) that would be super awesome!

Any money donated goes directly to helping pay for the cost of my trip (flights, shelter, meals, etc.) until the goal is reached. After that, money will go toward Global Medical Brigades as a whole, helping to get the supplies the group needs to go.

Volunteer Activity Description

Global Medical and Dental Brigades in Ghana work alongside each other on a 10-day long brigade in under-resourced communities around the central region of Ghana. Each medical and dental brigade incorporates a public health portion at the end of the 4 clinical days. The 10-day medical and public health brigade provides volunteers with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on communities while gaining hands-on experience in the field of international medicine. Prior to travel, volunteers collect medicines, recruit health professionals and fundraise. Once in Ghana, the team will visit one partner community to administer a 3-4 day-long clinic and conduct health workshops. During clinical days, community members are able to consult doctors and dentists, fill any necessary prescriptions, receive necessary dental care, and sit-in on health education lectures. At the end of the medical portion, volunteers then have a chance to build public health projects to address some of the environmental health issues. Public Health construction includes latrines, eco-stoves, and water filtration devices. Yeah Buddy.

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