Stephanie Fassu- Noulaheu

Sacramento, California

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GLOBAL HEALTH....
Any one who's asked me why I chose to pursue a career in healthcare knows that I long for a career in global health. I grew up witnessing and living the financial, psychosocial and emotional consequences of a poor health care system in my native Cameroon. This gave me the drive to yearn for a career in global health and reach out to the less fortunate of the world...
From April 20th, 2012, to May 1st, 2012, I will be traveling with a group of twenty-five students from Samuel Merritt University, along with 3 Nurse Practitioners to the Mfantseman district of Ghana, through Global Brigades.

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Hello You!
Welcome to my page! I'm so excited to be co-heading as well as participating in this upcoming Global Brigades Medical mission project to Ghana!!!
Although considered one of the more developed countries in Africa, Ghana is the first African country to receive Global Brigades’ services due to some astounding statistics. Ghana’s poor distribution of wealth and healthcare services, especially in rural parts of the country, has led to widespread poverty with an average family income of $2 a day. Families typically subsist on less than three gallons of water per day and 70% of the population has no access to proper sanitation, often leading to water borne diseases. The biggest threat to the people of Ghana today is Malaria, curable with proper healthcare access.
Our group's mission will be to implement sustainable medical and public health interventions in a Ghanaian community during a 10-day period.
So PLEASE support me in the work that I will be doing in the Mfansteman district of Ghana!!! Any support you can give towards my trip will make a tremendous difference, be the donation large or small. Your donation will not just help in funding my trip but it will also contribute to further developing the medical brigades program. You would be a valuable asset in allowing me to provide holistic and sustainable services to this prospective community.
All you have to do is click the orange DONATE button on the right and give whatever your heart is willing to.
IF YOU ARE DONATING TOWARDS MY TRIP, MAKE SURE YOU SELECT "MAKE A DONATION ON BEHALF OF A VOLUNTEER", then SCROLL DOWN AND SELECT MY NAME.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

-Stephanie Fassu- Noulaheu :-)

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.

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