Miranda Bell

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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End Date: Mar 19, 2014 12:00 AM
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Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

Public Health volunteers spend 7 days in Honduras, improving basic home infrastructure and providing health education to help reduce the incidences of life-threatening, but preventable, diseases in a rural community. With an understanding of the holistic model that focuses on education, community health sustainability and infrastructural development, volunteers first receive a comprehensive introduction to the country's public health challenges and the Public Health program's ground-up solution. They will take a tour of the community Public Health is currently working in, introduce themselves to the beneficiary families, and meet with the Basic Sanitation Committee (CSB). Then, working side-by-side with community members and local masons, volunteers construct five infrastructure projects meant to improve the health of the home and surrounding environment: eco-stoves, latrines, pilas (water storage units), showers and concrete floors. Additionally, as a key component of the program, Public Health volunteers collaborate with the Basic Sanitation Committee and local teachers to help provide community-wide education workshops and training, proliferating sanitation and hygiene practices and empowering families with both the knowledge and tools to live healthier lives.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Kim Bell donated $89

Feb 15, 2014 01:06 PM

Kim Bell donated $300

Saying "300.00 From DAD AND MOM, UNCLE ALBERT AND AUNT DIANE"

Feb 06, 2014 05:04 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $150

Saying "Ch 4869 Gerard & Associates, Inc
"

Jan 27, 2014 06:46 PM

Kim Bell donated $100

Saying "From Mom and Dad and another 20 from Mark and Kathy Serra"

Jan 25, 2014 09:05 AM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $200

Saying "Ch 1216 The Serra Foundation
"

Jan 22, 2014 08:01 AM

Kim Bell donated $230

Saying "donations from Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma Bell, Sandra Bell,
Jeff and Laura Johnson, Grandma Gerard, Kathy and Mark Serra, Lee Doll, Dale Bell
thanks to all "

Jan 18, 2014 11:00 AM

Loren Bell donated $25

Saying "Wish we could do more!!"

Jan 11, 2014 10:52 AM

Steven Bell donated $200

Jan 10, 2014 07:33 PM

Cynthia Bell donated $220

Jan 06, 2014 05:11 PM

Miranda Bell donated $250

Nov 07, 2013 03:18 PM

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