globemed at penn state annual report 2011-2012
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GLOBEMED AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY students
and communities improving health
around the world
2011-2012 Annual Report
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GlobeMed is a network of university students that partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of people living in poverty
AMHERST COLLEGE Pastoral de La Salud
San Salvador, El Salvador
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
ARM Orissa, India
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Medical AIDS Outreach Montgomery, Alabama
UNC-CHAPEL HILL Health Alert Uganda
Gulu, Uganda
BETHEL UNIVERSITY Rural Economic
Development Association Svay Rieng, Cambodia
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
RVCP, Butare, Rwanda Community of Hope
Washington, D.C.
RHODES COLLEGE A Ministry of Sharing
Health and Hope Managua, Nicaragua
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PEDA
Vientiane, Laos
BOSTON COLLEGE CCC-UNSCH
Ayacucho, Peru
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Primeros Pasos Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Cooperation for Social
Services and Development Phnom Penh, Cambodia
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Kallpa Iquitos Iquitos, Peru
BROWN UNIVERSITY Ungano Tena
Nairobi, Kenya
INDIANA UNIVERSITY CEMOPLAF Cajabamba
Cajabamba, Ecuador
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Maison de Naissance Torbeck, Haiti
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CareNet Ghana Hohoe, Ghana
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY KIHEFO
Kabale, Uganda
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Health Development
Initiative Kigali, Rwanda
TUFTS UNIVERSITY Nyaya Health
Achham, Nepal
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Clinica Ana Manganaro Guarjila, El Salvador
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GWED-G
Gulu, Uganda
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
Jambi Huasi Otovalo, Ecuador
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ASPAT
Lima, Peru
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Build Your Future Today
Center Siem Reap, Cambodia
CORNELL UNIVERSITY CEPAIPA
Guayaquil, Ecuador
MIT Women Mobilizing for
Development Bokeo, Laos
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Social Action for Women Mae Sot, Thailand
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WDA Phnom Penh, Cambodia
CU-BOULDER HHC, Jawalakhel, Nepal
Courage Is Change Denver, Colorado
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Gardens for Health
International Gasabo, Rwanda
UCLA Nwoya Youth Center
Anaka, Uganda
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
COWS Kampong Thom, Cambodia
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Kachin Women’s
Association Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization
Masaka, Uganda
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Buddhism and Society
Development Association Kampong Cham, Cambodia
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Dios es Amor
Lima, Peru
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ASOSAP
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOPE Center
Ho, Ghana
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Tiyatien Health Zwedru, Liberia Joy-Southfield
Detroit, Michigan
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
UDHA Iganga, Uganda
DUKE UNIVERSITY Salud Sin Límites Siuna, Nicaragua
OBERLIN COLLEGE Center for Community
Health Promotion Hanoi, Vietnam
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
KCRC Bushenyi District, Uganda
WHITMAN COLLEGE Burmese Women’s Union
Chiang Mai, Thailand
EMORY UNIVERSITY MAP Foundation
Chiang Mai, Thailand
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ACUDESBAL
Chiapas, Mexico
GlobeMed aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to
work together to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world.
We believe every human life has equal worth and every person deserves the chance to thrive. This
belief has drawn together our network of students, communities, and supporters from all walks of life and from every corner of the world. Health for all is within our grasp, but we can only
achieve it by working together.
“ ”OUR MISSION
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PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
IN THIS REPORT: !1 MISSION STATEMENT
2 2011 – 2012 AT A GLANCE
3 ABOUT US
4 OUR PARTNER
5 OUR PROJECT
6 CAMPAIGNS
7 GLOBALHEALTHU
8 COMMUNITY BUILDING 9 GRASSROOTS ON-SITE
WORK INTERNSHIP
10 WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
11 GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
12 OUR FUTURE
13 FINANCES
14 STAY CONNECTED
15 THANK YOU
2011-2012 was a year of amazing growth, expansion, and community for GlobeMed at PSU. This year marked the beginning of an inspiring partnership with ACUDESBAL in El Salvador. Having a partner with whom we could consistently communicate and collaborate allowed us to create powerful new themes in all areas of the organization. In fundraising, inspired by our food sovereignty project, we raised more money than ever before for our partner. From a president's perspective, it was gratifying to see the excitement and passion among our members that arose from such a landmark fundraising season and from the concrete progress that was made on our project. Through communication with our partner and the directors of ACUDESBAL, we were able to analyze healthcare disparities in the region thematically throughout GHU, tying all of our members into our goals and project. We mirrored our work on-site with ACUDESBAL in our community, via a community garden project at daycares in State College. The Penn State Global Health Conference was a triumph as well: keynote speaker Dr. Richard Heinzl truly identified with the mission and potential of youth in global health, and various work shops challenged us to expand our frontiers in global health analysis. Finally, this year marks our first extended GROW trip on a partner site: sending a group to do on-site work was an exciting morale booster for the entire chapter. Next year's leaders will be able to build off of an indescribably powerful experience and instill new passion in the chapter members. It has been an absolute gift to watch the chapter grow this year, and we look forward to watching the amazing things that come out of GMPSU in the future. Sylvia Lise Ranjeva, Tess Pendery, Savannah Lennertz 2011-2012 Co-Presidents
GlobeMed at Penn State University
since our founding in , our chapter
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GlobeMed at Penn State University
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Since its foundation in 2005, GlobeMed at Penn State has provided a meaningful forum for dialogue about global health on campus and through our partnerships. In 2011, the chapter began its partnership with ACUDESBAL in the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador , and has since raised over $10,000 in disaster relief and project-related funding, supporting food sovereignty through community gardens. GlobeMed at Penn State presents its hallmark Penn State Global Health Conference annually, featuring inspiring keynote speakers such as Dr. Alfredo Quinones of the Johns Hopkins Brain Tumor Surgery Center and Dr. Richard Heinzl, the founder of the first North American chapter of Doctors Without Borders.
ABOUT US
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OUR PARTNER Intercomunal Association of Communities for the Economic and Social Development of Bajo Lempa
KEY FACT: Pesticide contamination from flooding has directly caused significantly higher prevalence of renal disease in the Bajo Lempa population.
WORKS IN BAJO LEMPA, EL SALVADOR POPULATION: 8,160 Bajo Lempa is in the east of the Republic of El Salvador, in the Department of Usulutan Township Jiquilisco. The area has 29 rural communities, with approximately 1632 families. The communities of the region are defined by their history (many come from mostly indigenous communities in the northern departments, high conflict areas in the Civil War) and its relationship with the Lempa River. Socially, the area's inhabitants are a mix of settlers from shelters who have fled the country during the war and demobilized combatants from the various warring parties to the conflict, who were beneficiaries of the Land Transfer Program, a product of the Peace Accords. Although resettling Bajo Lempa has been difficult due to minimal funding for flood protection, the communities face the struggles with resilience. Flooding has impacted Bajo Lempa in many ways, including water contamination from pesticides used throughout the farm fields.
KEY FACT: Children commonly live with extended family, as parents often leave for the US. Family structure is a determinant of mental health and future development.
ABOUT ACUDESBAL FOUNDED IN 1998
Acudesbal is a nongovernmental non-profit organization that was created in response to El Salvador's history of civil war and natural disasters. By concentrating on 5 areas, including institutional strengthening, food sovereignty, infrastructure and land development, health and environment, and recreation and culture, Acudesbal is a strong presence throughout Bajo Lempa as it works to facilitate community development for the surrounding 29 communities and approximately 9,000 people, of whom the majority live in poverty. Acudesbal believes that the strength of a community working together is the ideal way to achieve social, economic, political, and environmental justice. Development in these areas is important for Bajo Lempa and El Salvador because of the history of civil war and devastating natural disasters. GlobeMed at Penn State and Acudesbal's partnership began in Fall 2011, focusing on a food security and garden project in 3 daycare centers. In Summer 2012 we took our first GrassRoots Onsite Work trip to meet and work with Acudesbal, the daycare centers, and community members, and strengthen our partnership, project, and plan for the future.
&OUR PROJECT GlobeMed at Penn State University
Why nutrition? The WHO states that food security exits "when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.” Food security is based on food availability, food access, and food use, all of which are critical to childhood development. Food security is a complex sustainable development issue, linked to health through malnutrition, but also to sustainable economic development, environment, and trade. The daycare centers have struggled to receive adequate funding to provide food for the children who attend them, many of whom depend on the free breakfast and lunch as main sources of food. Acudesbal plans to make the daycare centers more self-sustainable, and eventually to expand the project to provide the surrounding communities with communal gardens and increase access to healthy food. In the coming year, the project will also support an educational component in which a nutritionist will visit each center to teach the children, parents, teachers, and kitchen staff about food preparation and healthy eating. It's highly important that nutritious meals and nutrition education are provided for the children at the daycares so they can not only develop healthily, but also be empowered to make healthy eating decisions for themselves.
Our project ensures food sovereignty with gardens and fisheries, nutrition and oral hygiene education,
and sanitation for daycare centers in Bajo Lempa. We funded the startup of the garden project in 3 community daycare centers, Amando Lopez, El Presidio, and Octavio Ortiz. This included funding the construction of tilapia fisheries, the beginning stages of
garden development, and seeds for future cultivation. Each center services 30-50 children and employs 5-6 women. Acudesbal is excited
about the this project because it has been difficult to receive funding and the centers provide free breakfast and lunch for all who attend,
and no child is turned away. Many of the children depend on the meals as their main sources of food, but oftentimes the centers are forced to
provide substandard meals because they are so underfunded. As a result of the garden project, nutritional meals will be provided and
costs will be offset by the dependable food source, thus allowing the daycares to use what little funding they receive to purchase healthier
meal options. In addition to a healthy food source, the project will also ensure that meals are nutritiously prepared and that the community
benefits from a nutrition education component and oral hygiene component. A nutritionist will visit each center and teach parents, children, and workers about nutritious food preparation. Also, oral
hygiene supplies and dental visits will be provided, as dental hygiene is an important component of nutrition and healthy development.
150 CHILDREN WILL BE BENEFITED BY THE
FOOD SECURITY ENSURED BY THIS
PROJECT. $6,700
TO FUND THE NECESSARY
COMPONENTS OF CREATING A MORE
NUTRITIONALLY SOUND COMMUNITY.
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ACUDESBAL
CAMPAIGNS EVENT TITLE
EVENT DESCRIPTION
MONEY RAISED
Poke Stick Eating Contest
Students form teams to see who can eat the most poke sticks $365
Bake Sales Members bake treats to sell to the Thursday night crowd $200
Apartment Crawl Members and friends pay 10 bucks to go around the word $390
Kaplan Courses Members sign up friends to Kaplan listserv to get a free course, which we auction at a discount to a member
$2,500
Senior Gifts Graduating seniors from the previous year donated their $100 class gift to GlobeMed, which we received this year.
$900
Disaster Relief We did an emergency fundraiser to fund disaster relief efforts after our partner was hit with heavy flooding!
$1,500
Individual Giving An email campaign to get friends and family to contribute $3,200
Benefit Dinner Donations received at the dinner ending our conference $170
Merchandise Sales Money from merchandise sales $560
Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.
Since beginning our partnership with ACUDESBAL in the Fall of 2011, we have raised nearly $10,000 to support our partner's work in the Bajo
Lempa region of El Salvador providing improved nutrition to children at day care center's through the construction of school gardens.
$9,785 Total funds raised for ACUDESBAL in 2011-2012:
Last year, our chapter gained a new partner organization. In order for our relationship with our new partner, ACUDESBAL, to be successful, it was imperative that our members understood exactly who our partner is, what issues they face, and what actions they are taking to improve the health of those living in our partner region. Through a collaborative effort between our GHU team and the rest of the executive board, we were able to lay a stellar foundation for a very successful partnership between GlobeMed at Penn State and ACUDESBAL. Additionally, this year we covered a multitude of current events and relevant global health issues including: poverty, nutrition, mental health, The Arab Spring, universal healthcare, infectious diseases, epidemiology and vaccination, voluntourism, women’s health, and many more!
globalhealthU globalhealthU is GlobeMed’s signature
year-long global health curriculum. This student-designed and driven program equips students with the
critical thinking skills that will inform a life of leadership for global health.
2011-2012 CURRICULUM
ORIENTATION Chapter members were
equipped with a thorough understanding of the values
of GlobeMed and explored their personal values.
POVERTY AND HEALTH Chapters conceptualized
poverty and sought to explore the connections between
global health and poverty.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
We considered the views of six developmental economists
to explored the root causes and paths out of poverty.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION
Chapters conducted an in-depth investigation on a topic
of interest.
STUDENTS’ ROLE Following a critical discussion
of our role in perpetuating poverty, we sought to
understand how we can be effective advocates.
REFLECTION Chapters reflected on the year
behind them both as individuals and in the context
of their chapter.
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“The Cycle of Poverty and How it Affects our Partner” Workshop
February 15, 2012
We dedicated an entire general meeting to more closely examine select issues that affect our partner. It was a ton
of fun, and super educational. In fact, everyone stayed about 30 minutes after the general meeting should have ended, because we were enjoying the activity so much!
After consulting with our partner, our members determined what we believe are 4 major issues that perpetuate the cycle of poverty in our partner’s region. During the workshop, members were split into four groups. The groups were each assigned a case study related to one of the four major issues. The groups then presented an analysis of the case study and a political cartoon that illustrated the issue. Following the presentations, we made a poverty web based on the cartoons.
globalhealthU ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
TOTAL # OF CHAPTER MEMBERS: # OF COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS: Community building worked to cultivate strong friendships among chapter members to ensure a good working environment within the chapter. We felt it was necessary to build strong relationships within our club so that we can reach our potential and be the best possible partner for ACUDESBAL. We began every meeting with an ice breaker, such as a question game or an inspirational story. Community- building events included a fall and spring retreat, a trip to Bounce Fun Plex with Bucknell, participation in the Better World Festival and Public Health Fair, and several socials throughout the year.
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Through service and team-building events, community and camaraderie is fostered around global health and social justice within GlobeMed chapters, the
GlobeMed network and surrounding communities.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
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GROW
Through Grassroots On-site Work (GROW)
internships, students build capacity of their partner organization, engage in
mutual learning, and ensure long-term stability
of their partnership.
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# OF GROW INTERNS: LENGTH OF STAY: WORK DESCRIPTION: Establishing metrics on which to measure project growth and it's impact on the children in the centers of Amando Lopez, El Presido, and Octavio Ortiz. Improving the diet and nutrition of the children in the centers.
“Working together in solidarity provides us with better
understanding of what our partner needs from us, how we can become
better partners, and how the partnership can be most effective.”
– Karli Lawson, c/o 2013
INTERNSHIP
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WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
GLOBEMED AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY joined 45 other GlobeMed chapters across the nation in a network-wide commemoration of the 4th Annual World Day of Social Justice during the week of February 20, 2012, by asking professors to dedicate five minutes of class time to a discussion on how poverty and social justice relates to their field of study. GLOBEMED TEACH-IN HIGHLIGHTS: Professors from various departments discussed how social justice was related to their specific field and to the class being taught. Students were asked how they thought social justice was related to the field and/or class. Overall, discussions brought about awareness of how social justice is connected to every field and both students and professors ended discussions with a strengthened sense of social justice responsibility. "This isn’t about doing something nice. It’s about justice. It’s about asking who is missing from the table – kids, women, difference faces, and bringing them in. If they are excluded, it is a violation of their human rights." -Dr. Mark Brennan – Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education and Rural Sociology, Penn State
“INJUSTICE anywhere is a THREAT to JUSTICE everywhere.”
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 20th as World Day of Social Justice in 2007. Observation of WDSJ supports efforts of the
international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-
being and justice for all.
Number of professors who participated in the WDSJ Teach-In: 05 Participating Departments:
Agriculture
Sociology
Kinesiology
Public Relations
Business
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“I always believed in the power of GlobeMed as a network to change the world, but seeing the network together for the first time, I felt it.”
– Karli Lawson, c/o 2013
2012 DELEGATES: Tess Pendery, Sylvia Ranjeva, Karli Lawson, Ricardo Ortiz, Paige Cross, Courtney Curtin, Tawney Knecht
The annual GlobeMed Global Health Summit brings together university students from across the nation for three days of intensive lectures and
workshops with representatives from grassroots global health organizations and a range of experts.
2012 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
OUR FUTURE
Penn State’s GlobeMed underwent an important transformation in the 2011-2012 school year. The summer before fall semester, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our partnership with EAPSEC and segue into a new partnership with ACUDESBAL in El Salvador. Starting a new partnership, coupled with an almost entirely new executive board, gave us a stressful start to the year. But as it turned out, these new changes served as an opportunity to critically re-evaluate our chapter and to implement demonstrable changes in how we function, both as a unit and in our partnership. Now that we’ve found our new groove as a renovated chapter, and are about to embark on what we expect to be a fantastically educational and productive summer GROW trip, we have complete faith in our ability to accomplish some tangible goals next semester. We expect to build a more eclectic and focused membership, composed of students from a variety of disciplines who can bring new perspectives and skills to our chapter. This diversity will help us excel at spreading GlobeMed’s reputation on the Penn State campus through interactive educational events, so everyone will know not only who we are but why we do what we do. We will also use the stories, voices and images of this summer’s GROW trip to make sure every dollar raised (and hopefully it’ll be lots of dollars) goes towards a pragmatic, cohesive and collaborative project to effect real change in the communities of the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador. Not least of all, we will focus on ways in which we can work with other student groups that share our ideals in order to achieve larger goals. The Penn State community has so much to offer, and it's up to us to leverage that potential to do some amazing things.
“GlobeMed has opened my eyes to global health disparities
throughout the world while empowering me to make a
difference. It has challenged my thinking time and again and
allowed my opinions to be heard. And most importantly, GlobeMed has given me a passion that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.” – Maddie Todd, c/o 2012
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CAMPAIGN DONATIONS! OPERATIONS! TOTAL REVENUE!
Revenue!
Events ! $4,185! $4,185!
Individual Giving! $5,600! $5,600!
University Funding! $50! $50!
Miscellaneous (i.e. member dues)! $100! $220! $320!
SUBTOTAL! $9,885! $270! $10,155!
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
OPERATIONS & GRANTS! TOTAL!
Current Finances!
Cash Reserves! $4,000! $285! $4,285!
2012-2013 University Funding! $50! $50!
EXISTING BALANCE! $335! $4,335!
In 2011 – 2012, GlobeMed at Penn State University raised $9,885 for ACUDESBAL to support projects in Bajo Lempa, El Salvador.
FINANCES
KEEP IN TOUCH
WANT TO REACH US IN 2012-2013?
CONTACT: Savannah Lennertz E-MAIL: [email protected]
Find our chapter on www.razoo.com/story/Globemedatpsu and make a donation to support our partner and project today.
Check out our photos on globemed.smugmug.com/GlobeMed-at-Penn-State
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Read more about our partner and project, and the GlobeMed network. globemed.org/psu
EXECUTIVE BOARD
A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2011 – 2012 year a great success:
CO-PRESIDENT Tess Pendery
CO-PRESIDENT Sylvia Ranjeva
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Jake Simon
CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS Paige Cross
DIR. OF COMMUNITY BUILDING Courtney Curtin
GROW COORDINATOR Ricardo Ortiz
CONFERENCE CHAIR Sue Lang
CO-PRESIDENT Savannah Lennertz
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Natalie Suder
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Tawney Knecht
CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS Maddie Todd
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Karli Lawson
DIRECTOR OF FINANCES Falak Shah
SUPPORTERS THANK YOU
ORGANIZATIONS
GlobeMed National Office
Penn State's Global Health Minor Program
Engineers Without Borders
UPAC-University Park Allocation
Committee
INDIVIDUALS
Alyssa Smaldino (GlobeMed chapter advisor)
Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel
(Faculty Advisor)
Mario Guevara (Partner contact & project manager)
GlobeMed National Office 620 Library Place
Evanston, IL 60201 847-467-2143
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