GLOBEMED AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, NC
students fighting for global health equity
2010 – 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Bucknell University Columbia University Cornell University CU-Boulder Depaul University Duke University Florida State University GWU
Georgetown University Indiana University Lawrence University Loyola University Middlebury College Northeastern University Northwestern University
Penn State University Princeton University Rhodes College Truman State University University of Chicago UCLA University of Michigan UMKC UNC-Chapel Hill University of Rochester USC
Pastoral
San Salvador, El Salvador
CCC-UNSCH
Ayacucho, Peru
KIHEFO
Kabale, Uganda
GWED-G
Gulu, Uganda
CEPAIPA
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Himalyan Healthcare
Jawalakhel, Nepal
ASOSAP Salud San Limite ARM Rwanda Village Concept Project
Minga Peru CEMOPLAF-Cajabamba FUNPRONID La Primavera Africa 2000 Network
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Siuna, Nicaragua Orissa, India Huye District, Rwanda
Iquitos, Peru Cajabamba, Ecuador Riobamba, Ecuador La Primavera, Guatemala Tororo, Uganda
Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization
Masaka, Uganda
The HOPE Center
Ho, Ghana
EAPSEC Jambi Hwasi AMOS Maison de Naissance ASPAT Amuru Youth Center
Chiapas, Mexico Otavalo, Ecuador Managua, Nicaragua Torbeck, Haiti Lima, Peru Anaka, Uganda
Tiyatien Health Joy-Southfield Development Corp
Zwedru, Liberia Detroit, Michigan
KCRC
Bushenyi District, Uganda
Health-Alert Uganda Kallpa Iquitos Care Net Ghana
University of Texas-Austin
Clinica Ana Manganaro
Vanderbilt University
Dios es Amor
WashU in St. Louis
to improve the health of people living in poverty.
Boston College
partner with grassroots organizations around the world
GlobeMed is a network of university students that
Amherst College
UDHA
Gulu, Uganda Iquitos, Peru Hohoe, Ghana Guarjila, El Salvador Lima, Peru Iganga, Uganda
GLOBEMED AT UNC – CHAPEL HILL
Dear friends and supporters of GlobeMed,
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
MISSION STATEMENT
2
ABOUT US
3
OUR PARTNER
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OUR PROJECT
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CAMPAIGNS
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GLOBALHEALTHU
11 COMMUNITY BUILDING 12 GRASSROOTS ON-SITE WORK INTERNSHIP 13 WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 15 GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT 16 OUR FUTURE
We would like to start by thanking all of you for contributing to another amazing year for GlobeMed at UNC. We feel blessed to have had the opportunity to lead this chapter during its strongest year yet. We have the highest regard for our amazing team of staff and executive board members, whose dedication enabled us to reach and surpass our fundraising goal of $10,000. In the past few years our chapter has become known throughout the network for emphasizing community building and fostering a sense of family among our members. In the 2010-2011 academic year, we spearheaded efforts to build stronger camaraderie with other chapters by hosting the first regional summit, HillTop. Just as our model for community building has taken root across the network, we hope that UNC will once again provide a model for growth and that other chapters will host similar network-wide events in years to come. Most importantly, this year has been tremendous for the development of our partnership with Health Alert Uganda. We initiated dialogue with HAU to further explore the role of GlobeMed at UNC in supporting community health projects and to set a path for the future growth of our relationship. In the summer of 2011, our chapter launched its fourth annual GROW trip. We look forward to seeing the impact of their work on our partnership.
17 FINANCES 18 STAY CONNECTED 19 THANK YOU
We thank you in advance for joining and supporting our chapter as we continue to grow and solidify our legacy of building community in the pursuit of social justice and the realization of global health equity. In solidarity, Jared Lowe and Madelynn Simmons 2010-2011 Co-Presidents
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
MISSION STATEMENT
GLOBEMED AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE MOVEMENT FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY BY EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED
AROUND THE WORLD.
our vision ONE BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD LACK ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS*. EACH DAY, MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE DIE PREVENTABLE DEATHS. W ITHOUT ADDRESSING POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE CANNOT BREAK THIS CYCLE OF SUFFERING. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAVE THE PASSION AND ENERGY TO HELP TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE. GLOBEMED AIMS TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE BY ENGAGING AND TRAINING STUDENTS TO WORK WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED. BY PARTNERING STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD TODAY AND SHAPE TOMORROW ’S LEADERS ACROSS ALL PROFESSIONS WHO WILL SHARE A DEEP COMMITMENT TO HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. *World Bank, World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).
ABOUT US
GlobeMed at UNC – Chapel Hill When GlobeMed at UNC was founded in the spring of 2008, it was a perfect fit for UNC Chapel Hill. The University's administration has been dedicated to supporting social justice endeavors, and many of the students participate in campus organizations. Our partnership with Health Alert Uganda was formed in 2008, and since then the impact of our chapter has been steadily increasing. We have raised over $20,000 since being founded, including being awarded a Service Award by the Gillings School of Global Health to implement a SMS-based communication systems for HAU's community health workers on our fourth GROW trip.
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[HEALTH ALERT UGANDA] [WORKS IN GULU, UGANDA] POPULATION: 154,000 In the Gulu district in northern Uganda, fighting by the Lord's Resistance Army previously displaced up to 90% of the population. Much of the population is still living in IDP camps.
[About Health Alert Uganda] KEY FACT: Northern Uganda suffers from an HIV/AIDS infection rate of 8.5%, compared with a 6.4% nationwide prevalence. KEY FACT: As of March 2010, 18% of HIV/AIDS transmission in Uganda occurs via mother to child transmission
FOUNDED IN 2004 Health Alert- Uganda was founded to fill the void of healthcare for children infected and affected with HIV/AIDS in the Northern Ugandan districts of Gulu, Amuru, and Nwoya. As it's mission HAU is committed to increasing access to quality community-based care and support services for children between 0-17 years who are infected and affected with HIV/AIDS. The partnership between GlobeMed and HAU began in 2008.
Partner Contact: Obutu Francis, Program Coordinator
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OUR PARTNER
HEALTH ALERT UGANDA
[Why a data entry and technological capacity building?]
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GlobeMed at UNC
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OUR PROJECT
This project is to increase the capacity to work and create documentation for HAU. This project included purchasing a new copier machine, new modems, and increasing the capacity for data entry. This will increase the ability for HAU to produce complete reports with concrete documentation. In order for HAU to be able to secure more funding from the area, documentation is key.
Technological capacity building is accomplished through increased provision of the means to acquire the necessary items to increase report writing and documentation in Gulu, Uganda.
$2,500 TO PURCHASE 1 LAPTOP, ANTIVIURS FOR 9 COMPUTERS, 1 COLOR PRINTER, 1 PROJECTOR, 1 MODEM, AND 2 INK CARTRIDGES
This project included purchasing a new copier machine in which HAU will put in their newly acquired store and charge per copy to have funds for the youth projects. The purchase of two new modems for the office will increase the capacity for internet. There were previously issues using the internet in the youth center so one of these modems will be placed directly in the center. The purchase of a new computer with increased digital storage will help as they continue adding clients to their current list of 2,402 individuals. As the client list gets longer, it is necessary to have more computer space to store the digital patient follow up forms. All of this will increase HAU’s capacity to produce reports with concrete documentation. During the course of the GROW internship, data entry per day was increased to complete their current files.
HEALTH ALERT UGANDA
[Why Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission?]
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OUR PROJECT
Momma Kits play an important role in the efforts of prevention of pediatric AIDS as it provides the mother with the necessities for a sanitary, safe delivery which otherwise would not have been obtained due to the lack of financial resources. By continuing and increasing the funding for the Momma Kits, this project supports Health Alert Uganda’s mission of providing quality health care access to more mothers thereby preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
58 MOTHERS WILL BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED.
$600 TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR 58 MOMMA KITS
Mother-to-Child Transmission of Pediatric HIV/AIDS is prevented with the distribution of Momma Kits to poverty-stricken HIV+ mothers in Gulu, Uganda. GlobeMed at UNC funded and purchased 58 Momma Kits in efforts of preventing pediatric AIDS as it ensures the mother will have the necessities for a sanitary, safe delivery which otherwise would not have been obtained due to the lack of financial resources. This project supports Health Alert Uganda’s mission of providing quality health care access to more mothers thereby preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
HEALTH ALERT UGANDA
[Why income generating activities?]
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GlobeMed at UNC
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OUR PROJECT
A lack of income is a severe barrier for many of HAU's clients to accessing proper nutrition, medicines, health care workers or traveling to clinics. These activities are intended to support their long term income generation through the self sustaining loans of goats and seeds.
$250 TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR THE GOAT LENDING: 1 GOAT, 70 LITERS OF FUEL, 1 VETS TIME TO TREAT THE GOAT, 21 ROPES
$550 TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR THE SEED LENDING: BEANS, ONIONS, BASINS, GNUTS, SOYA BEANS, AND FUEL
Income generation is accomplished through goatlending and seed-lending programs to caretakers and peer support groups in Gulu, Uganda. The GROW team will continue and improve the seed-lending and goat-lending projects started by previous teams. Seed-lending gives seeds to two peer groups of approximately 40 members each in Alero and Olwal sub-counties. This year we will supplement the project by adding different crops and giving additional seeds to compensate for a poor crop. The goat-lending project gives loans in the form of goats to 21 caretaker groups in four sub-counties. After evaluating the project's progress, the GROW team will sponsor a fund to purchase medicines for the goat and will purchase new, stronger ropes for the goats. These activities will help to generate income for the groups in the long term.
CAMPAIGNS Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.
EVENTS TITLE
EVENT DESCRIPTION
$ MONEY RAISED $347.16
Tea Event
Selling African tea at a local coffee shop to receive a portion of the profit
Jewelry and Bag Sales
Selling bags and jewelry from Uganda on campus and in the community
Bartrek
Event at different bars in chapel hill. Students were charged an admission price for tickets.
$557.25
Kenan-Biddle Grant
Grant in collaboration with UNC and Duke University
$2,500
Turn it Red
Using glow sticks, students gathered in the quad of UNC to take a picture in an AIDS ribbon formation.
$1,250.24
Night out at Vespa
A fun filled night out where participants donated to support our projects in Gulu.
$472.47
Basketball games
Chapter members work at UNC basketball games
$400
Book Drive
Collected books for partner's youth library.
Hope Phones Drive
Collected cell phones to be converted to cash amounts in order to fund the Medic Mobile project at HAU this summer. Amount earned is being processed by Hope Phones.
$1,317
--(pending)
TOTAL FUNDS RAISED FOR HEALTH ALERT UGANDA IN 2010 – 2011:
$4,344.12
Since the beginning of our partnership with HAU, GlobeMed at UNC has raised over $20,000 for community health projects.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR Bag and Bead Market Sept 2010-April 2011 The 2009 summer interns purchased hand-made beaded jewelry and the 2010 summer interns purchased bags hand-made by women affected by HIV and connected to our partner, Health Alert Uganda. They were brought back to Chapel Hill for GlobeMed to sell to the UNC campus and surrounding area. Not only is a beautiful good being sold to raise money for HAU, but there is a story that brings awareness to our partner and the global initiative to fight HIV/AIDS. This was a year long effort that raised over $1000 for HAU.
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CAMPAIGNS
GLOBALHEALTHU globalhealthU is a GlobeMed designed curriculum that enables students to develop a critical understanding of issues in global health and apply this knowledge to their work with communities around the world
by the numbers
17 DISCUSSIONS
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EVENTS
07 TOPICS PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORKS OF GLOBAL HEALTH The goal of ghU is to stimulate deep thinking. We want people to be able to think for themselves and to develop opinions that they can defend. We want each person to be able to think critically about issues around the world. This year we struggled getting the younger crowd used to the global health lingo and after that we wanted to help everyone define these words for themselves. Being able to question everything and fight for answers while thinking deeply is an important skill as a future global health leader. We are developing leaders within our chapters.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONFLICT AND GLOBAL HEALTH FOOD AND NUTRITION LGBTQ AND GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
RELIGION AND GLOBAL HEALTH
GLOBALHEALTHU
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ON – CAMPUS EVENTS
Community Agriculture versus International Food Aid PANEL DISCUSSION April 14th 2011
This panel was intended to initiate intellectual thinking and conversation surrounding contemporary controversial issues in global health. It concentrated on the effectiveness and impact of community agriculture as compared to international food aid. The panel discussed the effects of these two strategies as they relate to levels of improved nutrition and food shortages in the developing world.
COMMUNITY BUILDING 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.
35 # OF COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS: 06 TOTAL # OF CHAPTER MEMBERS:
This year our chapter focused on building our internal community. Our fall and spring retreats brought members from different committees together to strengthen our chapter, while smaller chapter events like documentary viewing parties and working at an outdoor garden helped us to learn more about our mission and each other. Additionally, GlobeMed at UNC hosted the first ever regional HillTop conference which worked to strengthen ties across the network. We look forward to pushing outward in the coming year and working with the Chapel Hill and Triangle communities to support our partner, Health Alert Uganda.
[GRASSROOTS ON-SITE WORK] Through Grassroots On-site Work (GROW) internships, students make a positive impact in the community by working alongside their partner organization to further ongoing and new projects.
MAY 12, 2011– JULY 8, 2011
“The GROW trip has really brought both the partnership and global health to life for me. I have found there to be far more difficulties than I could have foreseen in a classroom, yet I have also seen far more optimism and potential to better the health of the community.” -- Anna Gage, c/o 2012
04 LENGTH OF STAY: 8 weeks # OF GLOBEMED GROW INTERNS:
WORK DESCRIPTION: The GROW team will support HA-U's efforts in providing quality home based care to children infected and affected by HCT. They will continue working on a number of past projects including PMTCT, seed-lending and goat-lending, as well as start new projects such as creating a HA-U website and bolstering data capacity.
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GROW INTERNSHIP
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
GLOBEMED AT UNC joined 31 other GlobeMed chapters across the nation in a network-wide commemoration of the 3rd Annual World Day of Social Justice on February 20, 2011, by asking students, professors, and community members on campus an open-ended, thought provoking question relating to social justice. OUR QUESTION: [Everyone has the right to ____.]
Everyone has the right to
__________.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Throughout the year, many of our ghU discussions ended in discussions about human rights. Members of our chapter boiled many of the issues down to disagreements between global players about what people should and should not have a right to. We wanted to pose this question to others in our community, and the World Day of Social Justice was the perfect opportunity to do so! This question is inexorably linked to many of our partners in GlobeMed as those they serve often have their rights infringed upon. For Health Alert Uganda, these questions surround issues of school fees and access to ART therapies.
WE ASKED OVER 28 PEOPLE AT UNC.
HERE’S HOW THEY RESPONDED >>
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE GlobeMed at UNC asked 28 people to fill in the blank to answer the question,
Everyone has the right to _______. (1) Insert your university name, # of people you asked, and your WDSJ question above. Adjust font size as necessary to fit it all.
(2) Use this page to show off your photo responses. Make a collage, feature your favorite response, insert photos like rows, as shown here, whatever you want!
Photo Response from your WDSJ Q&A, here
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View more responses: www.imagine2030.org/wdsj
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PHOTO RESPONSES
2011 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
2011 DELEGATES: Elliot Montpellier, Gabrielle Neri-Mynatt, Tanya Davis-Castro, Amy Patel, Jesse Goldberg, Sarah Jagdmann, Alecia Westphalen
“The 2011 GlobeMed Summit was by far one of the most influential experiences for me. Hearing inspirational talks from the wide array of speakers and being able to interact with them one on one fueled the passion in my work with GlobeMed. By far the best part was meeting such an amazing and diverse group of people from all of the amazing chapters. The dedication I saw from everyone was truly an inspiration for me, and I consider all of them a partner in this movement and a life-long friend.”
-- Jesse Goldberg, c/o 2012
April 7 – 10 in Evanston, IL Featuring Honorary Keynote
DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE Chief Medical Officer, Partners in Health
“My experiences with GlobeMed at UNC and our partner have taught me so much. Because of GlobeMed, I graduated with valuable leadership skills and knowledge of public health issues. In addition, I was able to meet so many passionate, like-minded individuals both at UNC and at Health Alert Uganda. – Breanne Rehley c/o 2011
Gabbi and Kelli are excited to move forward as the presidents of GlobeMed at UNC for the coming 20112012 year. We have already met with our new Executive Board and have great things in mind for the chapter. During this summer, our GROW team will be working to strengthen our ties with Health Alert Uganda. Our chapter members have indicated a strong desire to better understand who the HAU staff members are as well as specific programs they are supporting in Gulu. Our GROW team is gathering information, photos and videos to be shown to the chapter over the coming year to help the GlobeMed staff maintain focus on our mission. As a chapter, we are also working to improve internal communication and planning by moving to a new online homepage complete with a chapter calendar, GlobeMed Wiki, and a file-sharing application. We hope to bring global health knowledge to our members through a more interactive GlobalHealthU program and to our community by working with Chapel Hill – Carrboro Schools. Our biggest goal for the coming year is to improve upon our fundraising strategy. We hope to expand our individual giving campaigns to more family, friends and especially community members as well as strategically space our major campaigns across the course of each semester. Donors can visit www.razoo.com/story/GlobeMed-At-Unc to make donations to support Health Alert Uganda’s work to support children affected and infected with HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda. A $10 donation can fund a safe delivery kit for an HIV positive mother to ensure that her child has a healthy, HIV negative start to life.
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OUR FUTURE
CHAPTER FINANCES In 2010 – 2011, GlobeMed at UNC raised $11,001.51 for Health Alert Uganda to support projects in Gulu, Uganda. CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
OPERATIONS
TOTAL REVENUE
Revenue Events
$4,344.12
$4,344.12
Individual Giving
$1,357.39
$1,357.39
University Funding
$5,000
Corporations SUBTOTAL
$1,770
$6,770
$300 $11,001.51
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
$500 $1,700
OPERATIONS & GRANTS
$12,771.51
TOTAL
Current Finances Cash Reserves 2011-2012 University Funding EXISTING BALANCE
$1923.26 Budget requests will be submitted in September $1923.26
$1923.26
(pending) $1923.26
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WANT TO REACH US IN 2011 2012?
CONTACT: Gabrielle Neri-Mynatt E-MAIL: nerimyna@email.unc.edu
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STAY CONNECTED
EXECUTIVE BOARD Co-Presidents
Jared Lowe • jared.lowe18@gmail.com Madelynn Simmons• madelynnsimmons@gmail.com
Directors of globalhealthU
Hanna Ali• ali.hannat@gmail.com Gabrielle Neri-Mynatt • gabrielle2491@gmail.com
Campaign Coordinators
Directors of Community Building Director of Finances Director of GROW
Director of Communications Secretary Individual Giving
Elliot Montpellier• emontp@gmail.com Mayukh Sircar• mayukhs@gmail.com Erin Rholl • rholl@email.unc.edu Breanne Rehley• rehley@email.unc.edu Lindsey Moore • lindsema@email.unc.edu Irene Neequaye • ineequaye@gmail.com Kelli Paice • paice@email.unc.edu Erin Fink • efink7@gmail.com Tanya Davis-Castro• tadaca@email.unc.edu Alecia Westphalen • westphal@email.unc.edu Alex Ward• amward89@gmail.com Olivia Hurd • ohurd@email.unc.edu Meagan Cannady • mcannady@email.unc.edu
A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2010 – 2011 year a great success:
INDIVIDUALS
ORGANIZATIONS
Dean Felicia E. Mebane
Carolina Center for AIDS Research
Executive Associate Provost Ron Strauss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gretchen Van Vliet
IntraHealth International
Laura Hoemeke
Frontline SMS
Josh Nesbit
Kenan-Biddle Partnership Gillings School of Global Public Health
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GlobeMed 2010 – 2011 Board of Directors Marjorie Craig Benton Paurvi Bhatt Jobi Cates David W. Cromer, MD Lee Greenhouse (Treasurer) Brian T. Hanson (Chair) Ken Lehman Erin Linville Peter Luckow Jenny Merdinger Victor Roy Keith Sarpolis, MD (Secretary) GlobeMed is a 501(c)(3) independent non-profit based in Evanston, Illinois, with chapters at 32 universities across the United States.