Tiffany Cole

Esteli, Nicaragua

Passionate About:

Student leadership development, Global Brigades, travel, learning new languages, and global health.

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My Affiliations
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: Business Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Business/Microfinance Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Business/Microfinance Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Brown University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Environmental Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Human Rights Brigade at Wellesley College
Chapter: Human Rights Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Human Rights Brigades at Rutgers University
Chapter: Independent Research Projects
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Boston College
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Brandeis University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Medical Brigades of New Hampshire
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Montclair State University
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at New Brunswick (NJ, USA) Area Medical Chapter
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Smith College
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at the University of Southern Maine
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at UMass Amherst
Chapter: Medical/Dental Brigades at Wellesley 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 Dublin City University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at UNH
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Münster
Chapter: Water Brigades at Boston University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Dublin City University
Chapter: Water Brigades at Harvard University
Chapter: Water Brigades at New Brunswick (NJ, USA) Area
Chapter: Water Brigades at RWTH Aachen University
Chapter: Water Brigades at SDI
Chapter: Water Brigades at University of New Hampshire
Chapter: Water Brigades at Williams College
Chapter: Water Brigades of New Hampshire
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.