Caroline Taylor

Estelí, Nicaragua

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Empowering students to collaborate with communities to learn, grow, and work together to make sustainable change.

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Organization: Global Brigades Germany
Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Organization: Global Brigades Ireland
Organization: Global Brigades Switzerland
Organization: Global Brigades United Kingdom
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Business Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Business Brigades at Boston University School of Management
Chapter: Business Brigades at Deloitte 3C Professionals
Chapter: Business Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Business Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Business Brigades at University of Southern California
Chapter: Business Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Business/Microfinance Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Business/Microfinance Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Human Rights Brigade at Wellesley College
Chapter: Human Rights Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Legal Empowerment Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Hampshire Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Longwood Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Maryville University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at New Hampshire Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Southern Connecticut State University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of Hartford
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Smith College
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Wellesley College
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at City of Boston
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at Wellesley College
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Southern Connecticut State University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Water Brigades at University of Connecticut
Chapter: Water Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Water Brigades at Yale University
Chapter: Water/Engineering Brigades at Brown University
Website: http://www.globalbrigades.org

Phone: +1 206 489 4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Architecture Brigades

About Us

The Architecture Program strives to improve in-home infrastructure and economic production in Global Brigades’ communities by designing and constructing small scale or in-home projects such as chicken coops, roofs, and additional rooms that will enhance community members’ health, quality-of-life and income. By improving their homes, community members can better prevent disease and maintain a positive mental state. Similarly, families choosing to build infrastructure for economic ventures that can generate more income, which could theoretically be used to independently enhance their living space. These important projects are both designed and built by student volunteers in collaboration with community members on 7 days trips to Honduras. Students volunteering on Architecture Brigades participate in either infrastructure design or constructions. On the initial Design Brigade, they consult with community members and draft blueprints for the in-home infrastructure or small-scale economic development projects sought by the family. On subsequent Build Brigades, students construct the projects alongside skilled Honduran masons and community members and ultimately create the in-home infrastructure needed to improve health, quality-of-life, and income. Student volunteers teach community members the construction techniques necessary to maintain the projects and ensure that they will continue to serve local families well into the future.