1. Discover Laos Ghana Expedition Explore India Magical Morocco
GLOBAL IMPACT
2017
International Service Learning in the Developing World
Discover Laos
Ghana Expedition
Explore India
Magical Morocco

2. GLOBAL IMPACT …what is it?
> Seattle Colleges students, faculty and staff
> partnering with medical, educational and service-oriented organizations
> to deliver global health-related volunteer service in developing countries. 2

3. GLOBAL IMPACT
…why?
Provide opportunities to expand our world—beyond typical study abroad locations in Europe.
Service learning (volunteering with reflection) changes lives.
Seattle Colleges has over 15 allied health programs (BSN, RN, LPN, Dental Hygiene…) programs on all campuses. Our partners also have many healthcare programs.
Seattle has outstanding medical and educational institutions.
Seattle-area professionals and community members have demonstrated interest and experience in volunteering time and expertise in the developing world.
There is a great deal of need in the world today.

4. GLOBAL IMPACT participants Seattle Colleges students/staff
Partner institution students/staff
Healthcare professionals
Other community members
Age range 18-80

5. Public Health Infrastructure Development
Clinical Healthcare
Medical /Dental clinics, fluoride varnish, readers/eyeglasses
GLOBAL IMPACT
program model
Preventive Education
Nutrition, oral hygiene, pre-natal care, hand washing, HIV/AIDS prevention, etc.
Public Health Infrastructure Development
Water filters, clean-burning stoves, sustainable agriculture, construction of latrines/kitchens/clinics, composting, etc.

6. GLOBAL IMPACT volunteer goals
Our volunteers will develop skills and grow in awareness and appreciation in the following areas:
Begin to understand and appreciate cultural and socio-economic diversity
Effective communication with non-native English speakers
Providing services to non-western populations, including adaptation to culture and values
Begin to learn to triage
Embracing the value of lifelong service to the local and global community 6

7. GLOBAL IMPACT client goals
Our clients will be positively “impacted” by volunteers in the following ways:
Self-identified community needs are addressed
Immediate diagnostics, care/services
Recommendation/referrals for further treatment and assistance
Preventative education, enhanced infrastructure
Can report that they have been treated with respect and dignity, will gain trust in care providers/volunteers
Improved ability to communicate future needs. 7

8. Discover Laos August 21 – September 1 Our work will include
NEW for Global Impact 2017
We start in Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and travel to a rural village where we will live in home stays.
Our work will include
health clinics,
applying fluoride varnish treatments and dispensing eye glasses.
We will also educate locals on oral hygiene and hand-washing.
Our infrastructure projects will be designed to positively impact public health.
Flag of the country of Laos

10. Ghana Expedition August 20- Sept 3
Our program is located in Keta, a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana.
We will be working with poor, rural communities, conducting health clinic outreach campaigns, teaching health education regarding nutrition and sanitation-- and will be involved in a variety of infrastructure initiatives related to public health.
Ghana Expedition is in Partnership with ProWorld Ghana 10

13. Built in 1784, Fort Prinzenstein was used as a dungeon for slaves awaiting transportation to the Caribbean. The fort was used as a prison for a period before it was partially destroyed by the sea in 1980.[

14. Our program is located in Goa.
Explore India
August 20 – September 3
Our program is located in Goa.
Goa is a beautiful, coastal tourist center in India, but we will be working in poor communities within Goa.
We will Medical camps, health education, public health infrastructure
Explore India 2017 is in Partnership with IDEX

16. Magical Morocco Agadir and surrounding villages August 20- September 3
Rural health clinics, sustainable agriculture project, water testing, orphanages….
On the weekend, there will be an optional trip to Marrakesh!
Agadir (by the sea)

17. Tree climbing goats in Morocco!

18. Water testing wells at people’s homes for nitrates, pH
Blood pressure, blood glucose and
pulse oximeters (oxygenation)
Applying fluoride varnish, distributing toothbrushes/toothpaste

19. Questions? Sign up? GI website w $200 deposit
Application Deadline: June 1
(Apply early because any program cancellations for low enrollment
will be made April 1)
Full Payment Due? June 24, 2017
Program Fee Cost : $ international airfare ($1395 for India program).
Scholarships? March 15 deadline; range from $500-$1,500; application on website
Orientation/Training June 24th 9 to 4pm 19

20. GLOBAL IMPACT for more info www.seattlecolleges.edu/globalimpact
Virginia Gabby(north)
Megan Sears (south)
Christina Meares (central) 20