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Global Water Brigades (GWB) designs and implements water systems to prevent communicable illnesses in communities with limited access to clean water. In-country team members work with water experts and community leaders to design large scale
water systems for the entire community. Once the water system is blueprinted,
volunteers work side-by-side with community members to implement and
provide the education for maintenance through the creation of community
water counsels. Between brigades our in-country team ensures that the
water councils are functioning and have the necessary funding to
perpetuate the longevity of the systems created.
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Global Medical Brigades (GMB) develops sustainable health initiatives and
provides relief where there is limited access to healthcare. Our current focus is in Central America where more than 3,000 annual student volunteers and health professionals
travel to establish mobile medical clinics in under resourced communities.
Each community that we partner with receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months
where hundreds of patients are treated and volunteers deliver public
health workshops. Between brigades our in-country team maintains
relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conducts
community health worker trainings to empower local leaders to
perpetuate a consistent level of health care.
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Global Dental Brigades (GDB) provides urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. In conjunction with our sister program, Global Medical Brigades, we travel to Central America to establish mobile dental clinics. Each of our community partners receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated primarily with prophylactic cleaning, fluoride treatment and extractions, with hopes of launching full-fledged restorative care. GDB also focuses on prevention with dental
hygiene workshops. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships
with the communities to provide follow-up to ensure any dental procedures
were successful and to conduct community health worker trainings to
empower local leaders to perpetuate a consistent
level of dental care.
Global Environmental Brigades (GEB) develops sustainable environmental solutions to mitigate ecological degradation in bio-rich, but economically disadvantaged communities in developing countries. Environmental Brigades develops strategies
to address the socio-economic challenges that link to resource depletion and by
providing education to community members on the importance of preservation
while expanding their farms or businesses. Projects include native species
reforestation, energy-efficient design, environmental curriculum
implementation, eco-tourism
and organic agriculture extension.
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Microfinance Brigades (MFB) provides poverty-stricken communities in the developing
world with the educational, financial, and organizational resources necessary to sustainably drive their own economic development. MFB volunteers help the under resourced
in remote villages build their own businesses, ensure against emergencies, and fund
community projects. By partnering with other international organizations in
microfinance and agriculture, MFB provides the financial backing and technical
support to create and strengthen independent community banks. As
mechanisms for social and economic change, these banks are then
empowered to perpetuate other community projects facilitated by
Global Brigades volunteers.
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UC Santa Cruz Global Brigades (GB) is one of the many university
chapters of Global Brigades, Inc in North America and Europe where volunteering
students are dedicated to the research, design, and construction of socially
responsible, environmentally sustainable solutions towards problems in the
developing world. Ultimately, extended relationships between brigades and
communities will result in not only the implementation of a variety of
projects, but also the accumulation of a vast wealth of knowledge
from which future students and communities can learn.
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Global Business Brigade (GBB) volunteers provide business consulting and investment support to under resourced micro-enterprises in Panama. The brigade
volunteers conduct assessments, leverage consulting methodologies to address
problems of the business, and teach workshops to the business owners.
The brigade also collectively determines how to invest their capital
investment fund, which is a monetary donation made to the
business to improve its fiscal sustainability
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Global Engineering Brigades (GAB) concentrates on the design and construction
of structures and spaces that augment the efforts of other Global Brigades disciplines
in Honduras. Instead of taking on a variety of small-scale buildings (individual
houses, storage spaces, cabins, etc.) GAB focuses on large projects (schools, health
centers, meeting spaces, recreation areas, community housing solutions) that
benefit entire communities. Focusing several University clubs on each
project of this type allows GAB to maximize mental design input,
project funding, and construction man-power, maximizing
the potential for success of each project.
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Public Health Brigades (PHB) is an international network of college students and professionals that volunteer to design and implement public health solutions in the
developing world. In collaboration with Medical and Water Brigades, this program
empowers volunteers to build relationships with rural communities and create
integrated projects to combat the threat of disease and the challenge of limited
resources. Our holistic model focuses on education and infrastructural
development to ensure sustainability. PHB empowers volunteers with the
material, know-how, and support to deliver solutions that provide
value while preserving local culture and conserving
the environment.
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