SPRING 2010 - Events & Projects

The Global Health Project team at UT is excited for its second semester! Spring 2010 will be busy, with two major projects and volunteering events planned throughout.

A list of our events and projects:

*General meetings every other Wednesday at 7pm in Burdine 208

--Next Meeting - February 17th

* Fundraising for the non-profit organization Mano a Mano (www.manoamano.org). Mano a Mano works in rural Bolivian villages to empower communities and support sustainable health care

* July trip (dates to be announced) to Bolivia - stay with Mano a Mano

*Members may get involved in planning a symposium on Haiti - scheduled for the week of April 12th. Meetings for the symposium take place every Sunday at 7pm at Cafe Medichi (on the drag).

--The objective of the symposium is to give historical and political context to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti
--Panels - Aid & Development and Government & Human Rights
--Potential speaker from Doctors Without Borders or Partners in Health

*Volunteer opportunities with Austin Samaritans

*Speakers

--First Speaker - Dr. John Doty with the Austin Samaritans

*Study Group - Are you interested in exploring international health & humanitarian aid? GHP is starting an optional study group for those who would like to learn more about humanitarian work abroad. We will meet and discuss various topics in this important field.

*Future Planning - GHP would like to bring speakers for campus-wide events who can shed light on little-known humanitarian crises across the globe

*Leadership Opportunities

--Officer elections will take place at the end of April for those interested in leadership positions
--Officers have the freedom to collaborate and choose organizational projects for each semester

Donations - Thank you!

The Global Health Project at UT would like to thank the following individuals and groups for their gracious contributions:

Mike & Diana Leach

Ruth Leach Vandervort

Seyed Alavi

Nastaran Kherad

Aleheh Faridi

Noura Alavi & Girl Scout Troop # 4510

Jessica Janota

Elijah Mun

Alex Domingo

Ayham Ghraowi

Jason Kyriakides

Katie Woods

Brandon Denton

Elyse Butler

Tanya Keilani

Priyanka Chary

Anthony Melvin

Andrew Hui

Eric Li

Jonathan Cote

Dieter Galvan

Nader Carun

Ilse Lara

Ishan Chakrabarti

Leah Gilman

Richard Fischer

Nicole Reis

Cynthia Plascencia

Pace Davis

Lucy Chen

Pia Chakrabarti

Sarah Whadford

Amy Eaves

Charles Kuhfeldt

Manouchehr Hakimi

We would also like to thank the many individuals that have donated items to our yard sale fundraisers.

Thank you all, we are ever so grateful!

Health Center in Nicaragua

The Global Health Project's Fall 2009 goal is to raise funds for the clinic El Centro de Salud Villa Julio 15 in Nicaragua near the city of Chinandega.  The clinic hopes to set up a labor and delivery room for mothers who cannot safely make it all the way into town to give birth.  We would like to make this hope a reality for them.  

Their projected needs include:

Labor and Delivery Room:

*A doppler to listen to babies’ heart beats during labor and delivery

*Surgical equipment: tweezers, scalpels - for minor surgeries and for episiotomies

*A thermal bed with a lamp for newborns

*general medicines

Other Needs:

*Bed Sheets

*Blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes

*A microcentrifuge for hematocryts

*Glucose monitors with the strips 

*An air conditioner for the lab

Donations:  We greatly appreciate absolutely any contribution that will help us meet the clinic's needs. You can make a secure online donation on this website via credit card through PayPal - just click on the yellow "Donate" button to the left.

If you are interested in learning more about our project and organization please email us at texasghp@gmail.com.