1. Ghana Exhibition Vietnam Village Trek Volunteer Morocco Peru Quest
GLOBAL IMPACT 2016
International Service Learning in the Developing World
Ghana Exhibition
Vietnam Village Trek
Volunteer Morocco
Peru Quest

2. SCD has been offering Global Impact programs since 2007!
What is it?
> Seattle Colleges District students, faculty and staff
> partnering with educational institutions (Seattle University, UW Tacoma, Sydney TAFE), Seattle-area medical, service-oriented community organizations
> to deliver global health-related volunteer service in developing countries.
SCD has been offering Global Impact programs since 2007! 2

3. GLOBAL IMPACT
Why?
Provide opportunities to expand our world—beyond typical study abroad locations.
Service learning (volunteering with reflection) changes lives.
SCD has 15+ allied health programs (BAS degrees in Allied Health and Nursing, RN, Dental Hygiene…) programs on all 3 campuses.
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.

4. GLOBAL IMPACT Program Model 50% SCD students/staff/faculty
50% Healthcare professionals, other university students/professors and other community members
Age range: years old

5. Public Health Infrastructure Development
Clinical Healthcare
Medical /Dental Clinics, Medication, Fluoride Varnish
GLOBAL IMPACT
Preventive Education
Program Model
Nutrition, oral hygiene, pre-natal care, hand washing, HIV/AIDS prevention, etc.
Public Health Infrastructure Development
Water filters, clean-burning stoves, sustainable agriculture, 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. GHANA EXPEDITION August 21 - September 4
Our program is located in Cape Coast.
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 Exhibition is in Partnership with ProWorld Ghana. 8

10. VIETNAM VILLAGE TREK August 21 - September 1
While trekking in the mountains to villages in the Mai Chau highlands, we will be working with rural communities...
…setting up health clinics, providing fluoride varnish treatments and educating locals on oral hygiene and hand-washing.
Infrastructure projects will include installing water filters, and construction projects for hygiene/sanitation improvements.

12. SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
PERU QUEST
August 21 - September 4
Over half of Peru's 25 million
people live in poverty,
making it one of the poorest
countries in South America.
Peru Quest is in partnership with ProWorld Peru.

14. PERU QUEST PROJECTS
Clinics: acute care; exams and testing, fluoride varnish, exams and extractions
Health Education: puppetry and posters in local schools: nutrition, hand washing, and oral hygiene.
Public Health Infrastructure
Development: installing clean
burning stoves and water filters

15. Our program begins in Agadir
VOLUNTEER MOROCCO
August 21 – September 4
Our program begins in Agadir
Join Global Impact on its newest program in Morocco! From the city of Agadir we will travel into the countryside to work in the rural village region of Riad Imsouane.
Projects:
health clinics
health education
sustainable farming
testing water for potability

16. Tree-climbing goats!

17. QUESTIONS? Sign up? GI website w $200 deposit; June 1 deadline
Full Payment Due? July 1
Program Fee Cost : $1,995 + international airfare.
SCD Global Impact Scholarships? March 15 deadline; range from $500-$1,500; application on website
Fundraising? SCD website links to ideas
Orientation/Training June 25th –9am to 4pm 17

18. International Service Learning in the Developing World
GLOBAL IMPACT 2016
International Service Learning in the Developing World
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