GlobeMed at Emory 2015 – 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Pastoral de La Salud | San Salvador, El Salvador ICOD Action Network | Lyantonde, Uganda Rural Economic Development Association | Svay Rieng, Cambodia Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development| Tamil Nadu, India Ungano Tena | Nairobi, Kenya CCC-UNSCH | Ayacucha, Peru Western Organization of People Living with HIV/AIDS | Western Kenya Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization | Gulu, Uganda AMMID | San Marcos, Guatemala Himalayan Health Care | Jawalakhel, Nepal Kachin Women’s Association Thailand | Chiang Mai, Thailand SHED Foundation | Shirati, Tanzania Migrant Assistance Program Foundation | Chiang Mai, Thailand Escuela de La Calle | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Set Her Free| Kampala, Uganda Primeros Pasos | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Trailblazer Foundation| Siem Reap, Cambodia Health Development Initiative | Kigali, Rwanda Jambi Huasi | Otavalo, Ecuador Hope Through Health | Kara, Togo Gardens for Health International | Gasabo, Rwanda Light for Children | Kumasi, Ghana Knowledge for Children | Kumbo, Cameroon Young 1ove| Gabarone, Botswana Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization | Masaka, Uganda Adonai Child Development Center| Namugoga, Uganda Feed the World | Piura, Peru COVE Alliance| Kapeeka, Uganda A Ministry of Sharing Health and Hope | Managua, Nicaragua ChangeALife Uganda | Migyera, Uganda Light for Children | Kumasi, Ghana Burmese Women’s Union | Mae Sot, Thailand Maison de Naissance | Torbeck, Haiti PHASE Nepal| Kathmandu, Nepal Asociación de Personas Afectadas por Tuberculosis del Perú | Lima, Peru Social Action for Women | Mae Sot, Thailand Mpoma Community HIV/AIDS Initiative| Mukono, Uganda Buddhism for Social Development Action | Kampong Cham, Cambodia Perkin Educational Opportunities Foundation (PEOF) | Morazán, El Salvador Kyetume Community Based Health Care (KCBHCP)| Mukono, Uganda Raising the Village | Kampala, Uganda Population Education Development Association | Vientiane, Laos Lwala Community Alliance | Lwala, Kenya Social Organization for Voluntary Action | Odisha, India Alternative for Rural Movement | Odisha, India SparkMicrogrants| Mbale, Uganda Wuqu' Kawoq | Tecpan, Guatemala Sacred Valley Health | Cusco, Peru Build Your Future Today Center | Siem Reap, Cambodia MINDS Foundation| Vadodara, India Children of Peace| Lira, Uganda Uganda Development and Health Associates | Iganga, Uganda Kigezi Healthcare Foundation| Kabale, Uganda Burma Humanitarian Mission (BHM) | Eastern Burma Logan Square Neighborhood Association | Chicago, IL, USA
About GlobeMed Mission 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.
Vision We envision a world in which health – the ability to not only survive but thrive – is possible for all people, regardless of where they call home.
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.
Message from
The Co-Presidents Dear Friends and Family, We would like to begin by thanking you for all of your support, whether it was through attending our events, contributing to our fundraising, or simply being interested and learning about an organization that has come to mean very much to us over the past several years. This past year, GlobeMed at Emory has made much progress both in our partnership with the Migrant Assistance Program (MAP) as well as in our work on campus. Encouraged by the accomplishments of our campaigns committee the year prior, we increased our fundraising goal from $4,000 to $5,000. We successfully raised and delivered $2,000 to our partner at the close of the fall semester, and the rest in the spring. With regards to our work on campus, we worked from the ground up and ensured our staff members were a well-informed, tight-knit, and dedicated group. In doing so, we significantly increased our staff retention and look forward to seeing many familiar faces as we return to campus for the next year. We gave opportunities for our staff members to take initiative and encouraged their development as leaders. Our staff members worked together to begin our local partnership with the International Community School near Emory. Several of us went each week to work one-on-one with migrant children at the school on whatever tasks they were currently completing. We hope to keep this partnership strong throughout the coming year, and grow stronger as an organization by learning from both our local and international partners. Over the past year, we aimed to incorporate advocacy and social justice as a staple in our work on campus and increase our campus presence. We succeeded on both accounts, laying the groundwork and building our own globalhealthU curriculum strategized for the Emory community for our executive board and staff members to further improve upon this coming year. We also held monthly public Global Health University discussions and expanded our network, connecting with faculty and staff at Emory and inviting them to speak at our public events. As it has been for the past five years, we are both inspired and driven by MAP’s work and GlobeMed’s mission. It has been an honor to work with such amazing individuals as those at MAP, who have always done their best to work with us in order to ensure the continued growth of our partnership year after year. It has also been a joy to work alongside and learn from the passionate individuals that make up our staff and executive board, as well as the greater GlobeMed network. In the coming years, our chapter will no doubt see an even stronger partnership as well as broader reach in terms of both fundraising and advocacy. We are deeply grateful for the role you have played in helping GlobeMed at Emory achieve what we have so far, such that we could have the vision we have today.
Sincerely, Yeji Park and Sasicha Manupipatpong 2015-2016 Co-Presidents GlobeMed at Emory
About our Chapter
[GlobeMed at Emory]
GlobeMed at Emory was founded in the spring of 2011 by Hannah Chen and Maria Leinonen, after the two connected with a GlobeMed alumni who was a student at the Rollins School of Public Health. Our partnership with MAP Foundation was initiated in the summer of 2011 and the chapter’s first Grassroots On-site Work (GROW) trip took place two summers after. Since 2013, we have had 4 successful GROW trips. We continue to maintain our membership base from 25 to 35 members over the years.
since our founding in January 2011, our chapter has grown from 8 to 33 members
since our founding in January 2011, our chapter has raised over $18,000
KEY FACT: Around 3-4 million Burmese migrant workers live in Thailand. About 10% are legally registered to work.
Our Partnership [Migrant Assistance Program]
Founded in 1996 MAP (Migrant Assistance Program) Foundation was founded to promote equality among migrant workers from Burma, living in Thailand, by helping them to effectively navigate strict Thai governmental policies. MAP works to prevent labor exploitation, provide accessible healthcare and distribute policy information, thus encouraging the formation of unions and the simultaneous deconstruction of discrimination in order to enhance migrant welfare and stability. MAP Foundation works towards a better future where borders do not confine an individual’s healthcare and social rights. GlobeMed partnered with MAP Foundation in 2011.
Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, Thailand Population: 269,046 Approximately 3-4 million migrants from Burma live and work in Thailand. It is estimated that only 10% of migrants are legally registered in Thailand and most do not use Thai health services; for example, children of migrant workers rarely receive immunizations. Some are waiting for documentation, but most are undocumented. On average, most migrant workers from Burma earn only a little more than 6 USD per day; the minimum wage in Thailand is 10 USD per day. They try to navigate a relatively costly system of rules and procedures that is written in a language they do not understand. Given the daily discrimination, high cost of healthcare, and language barriers, migrants do not receive accessible healthcare.
Our Project BY THE NUMBERS: Key metric: 300 direct and 600 indirect beneficiaries Cost of project: $313 for emergency support for patients for one month What the money directly funded: Food, transportation, and materials
GlobeMed at Emory University raised $5,000 to fund the Crisis Support Project in Chiang Mai that comprehensively supports complete recovery and a safe return home after seeking medical attention.
MAP Foundation’s Crisis Support Project was initiated after the Emergency House, a temporary safehouse for migrants facing crises, could no longer exist due to discrimination and danger towards those living there. The Crisis Support Project provides migrants from Burma with interpretation services at local clinics and hospitals, information about government health policies, and follows through their support for a complete recovery and safe return home. MAP staff predict that the project impacted 300 direct and 600 indirect beneficiaries.
Campaigns Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.
Event Title
Event Description
Zombie 5K Run
In the spirit of Halloween every year, we hold a 5K run. Volunteers dress up as zombies and our runners/walkers try to avoid getting attacked.
$1,140.00
Kaplan For A Cause
Students were asked to post a picture of a social justice issue on social media and tag @Globemed_at_emory on instagram or @Globemed at emory on Facebook as well as #Kaplanforacause. After a randomized drawing, the student received a discounted MCAT Kaplan Course.
$2,000.00
Thai Tea House
An annual event at Bread, Emory’s on-campus coffeehouse, Emory students showcase their finest talents from singers to spoken word artists. We serve thai tea and other snacks.
$439.00
Individual Giving
GlobeMed members collect money from their families and friends while spreading awareness about the MAP Foundation and GlobeMed’s overall mission.
Lucky’s Percentage Night
At a restaurant near Emory, Lucky’s Burger & Brew, 10% of all proceeds during a certain time period were given to GlobeMed for our partner organization.
Krispy Kreme Fundraiser
Revenue
During finals, we sold Krispy Kreme donuts for profit to fundraise for MAP. Additionally, Blue Donkey coffee joins us and gives us 10% of their profits.
Total funds raised for Migrant Assistance Program (MAP) in 2015-2016:
$4,820.95
$895.00
$133.00
$213.95
Since 2011, GlobeMed at Emory University has raised over $18,000 to support the Migrant Assistance Program (MAP) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Campaign Highlights Zombie 5K Run! Every year, we hold a 5K that starts at the Emory Student Activity & Academic Center (SAAC) and makes its way through Lullwater Preserve. Our volunteers dress up as zombies and the participants wear 3 sashes as they race. The goal is to avoid the attack of the zombies that try to “kill” you by removing the sashes.
Thai Tea House The Thai Tea House event was inspired by our partner organization (MAP) since they are located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We provide bubble tea and Thai snacks to our attendees. Most importantly, it’s a night to remember as we gather in Emory’s student-run coffeehouse and listen to the variety of talents showcased by students. In relation to last year’s event, we increased our revenue by $244.00 this year.
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.
Total number of chapter members in 2015 – 2016: [___24__] Number of community-building events: [__4___] Our chapter has general body meetings every week. Before each meeting as a small community building activity, we take a few minutes to play an icebreaker game. This allows us to have fun with the members of our chapter and also get to know each other better. This past year, we had a Christmas staff retreat that almost every staff member attended. It was a potluck dinner and we had a little gift swap which was a big hit. Our community building events definitely brought our staff closer together and we have built very strong relationships with each other.
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.
Globemed at Emory focused on seeking solutions and creating action plans to address domestic and global social justice and human rights issues in the year of Fall 2015 to Spring 2016. Starting with a ghU series on the History of GlobeMed and the power distribution in our society, we aimed to strengthen members understanding on GlobeMed’s roots--where we came from--and extend our passion, knowledge and dedication in fighting for human rights to an anti-inequality movement on campus. Our ghU curricula encouraged our members to relate and connect with people globally, and inspired our members to create their own public narratives to invite more people joining into this anti-inequality movement. # of public ghU: 3 Make Art not War, Earth Day Panel, and Inequality Simulation ghU topics: -Lost in translation: inequaliity and disparity; -What is power got to do with it; -Empowering grassroot leaders; -So you want to be an ally; -Whose voices are still missing; -10 things we know to be true; -Your public narrative; -In the wakening of Paris attack; -Mass shooting; -Ethics in global health; -Social determinants of health -Cultural competency -Healthcare reform...
KEY QUESTIONS WE ASKED THIS YEAR
[Is health a human right?] [Who has more rights than other?] [How are rights influenced by ones environment?] [How do we translate human rights into action?] [Whose voices are overheard in the global health world? ] [Why do human rights exist?]
globalhealthU highlights from the year
[MAKE ART NOT WAR] This project was done in conjunction with our media and communications coordinators who wanted to bring their personal artistic interests into our campus presence. Working with the art club on campus, we put a manikin out at our weekly festival and asked passing students to write their idea of social justice on a post it note and add their voice to the body of justice for a visualization of our communities understanding of social justice.
[EARTH DAY PUBLIC GHU] In celebration of Earth Day, our public event took a look at the environmental impacts on health. Two Emory professors gave presentations followed by an open discussion moderated by ghU coordinators. Dr. Konnor, our advisor, discussed the impact of environmental pollutants on human health especially respiratory illnesses. The presentations also discussed the health impacts of social environments specifically the emerging science of epigenetics.
[Inequity Simulation] This public ghU allowed both members and unaffiliated visitors to step into the shoes of oppressed minorities groups (POC, LGBTQ+, those without a college degree, low income etc.) and try to get through life unaware of their social position. Participants were asked to get health insurance, employment, education, housing, and start a family. At the end of the simulation, participants’ discovered their demographics and discussed the injustice they faced in the game and the extent to which social discrimination affects lives and health.
Learning by Looking Inward
World Day of Social Justice [February 20, 2016]
[What did you do for WDSJ 2016?] For this year's World Day of Social Justice, our chapter pulled the scope in from our usual international perspective to look inward at our own cultural competency. We introduced the concept of cultural competency by talking about the social constructs that exist all around us and often in our subconscious. Through open discussion, we defined and differentiated the different power constructs that underpin inequity. For example, the differences and connection between institutional violence and structural violence. After establishing a foundational understanding, we discussed the consequences these constructs have in society and in our own subconscious, and took a cultural competency evaluation to access the biases we may harbor or not recognize the prevalence of.
2016 Summit
GlobeMed’s 10th Summit: A Celebration of Community 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. “Summit reminded me that I am part of a larger network of passionate, determined, and caring people. Seeing so many students focused on contributing ideas for the betterment of our world was incredibly inspiring. I was also touched by the fact that we were all comfortable dismantling our existing model for the creation of one that is more inclusive and interdisciplinary. I’m excited to see how the mission and vision of GlobeMed changes within the next ten years!” -- Wendy Avila, 2016
List of 2016 Summit delegates: Alex Albert Wendy Avila Zachary Cooper Yeji Park
# of GROW Interns: 4 Length of Stay: 6 weeks Dates of Travel: May 7th - June 19th
GROW Internship Grassroots Onsite Work
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. GROW interns shadow MAP Foundation’s Crisis Support program, collect media to bring back to the Emory chapter, and document the lives of the migrants that MAP supports. GlobeMed at Emory is currently the sole funder of the Crisis Support program: every penny raised from campaigns during the year goes straight to paying for translational services for migrants unable to communicate at the hospital, transportation to clinics/hospitals, medical bills and medications, and many other services intended to ease access to healthcare for migrants. The GROW internship allows our interns to see the impact of our partnership on the lives of migrants, as well as give their stories a platform to be heard from.
“In the US, fighting to save this girl’s leg would have been very expensive, but in Thailand, even though she is a migrant with no health insurance, MAP and other NGOs have made it work for her. Everyone made it work.” -- Divya Seth, c/o 2016
Finances In 2015-2016, GlobeMed at Emory raised $5,000.00 for MAP Foundation to support projects in Thailand.
Revenue Events (Campaigns)
$4,820.95
Individuals
$0
University
$0
Corporations
$0
Foundations
$0
Internal Chapter Revenue
$382.65
TOTAL REVENUE
$5,203.60
Expenses Campaigns
$193.89
Operations
$0
TOTAL EXPENSES
$193.89
Sent to Partner Total sent to partner that was fundraised in the 2015-2016 academic year Total sent to partner that was fundraised prior to the 2015-2016 academic year TOTAL SENT TO PARTNER IN 2015-2016 Current Cash Position
$5000
$0 $5,000 $501.85
GlobeMed at Emory
Our Future Dear Friends and Family, As GlobeMed at Emory enters its sixth year, we find ourselves blessed with an amazingly dedicated group of staff and executive board members who will be returning to GlobeMed, and look forward to meeting all the new members who will be joining our family. This summer, our 2016 GROW team was very busy during their time at the Migrant Assistance Program (MAP), working both to deepen our relationship with our partner as well as documenting their experiences in a way that will help in conveying to others in our community the importance of MAP’s work. Our other executive board members have also been hard at work this summer, as we look to continue and improve upon the work of our chapter. In addition to our annual Zombie 5K, Global Health Banquet, and Thai Tea House, we look to form new relationships and foster collaboration with other organizations on our campus. As we will no longer be able to do one of the campaigns that was incredibly helpful to us in reaching our fundraising goal the previous year, we have made the decision to lower our fundraising goal to $4,000 this year as the many new additions to our executive board settle into their new roles and explore new ways to fundraise. We hope that our work in solidifying our fundraising approach this year will allow us to raise our fundraising goal significantly to benefit the MAP Crisis Support program in subsequent years. We will also be emphasizing the integration of ghU and GROW, such that we can focus on social justice, health equity, and their relationship to our partner during our weekly ghU discussions. We hope to continue building upon the close relationship each member of our GROW team has individually fostered with MAP staff as we enter the new year to have more meaningful and frequent partner communication. This is a part of our continued efforts to improve staff involvement and understanding of our partner’s work. As we transition to a mostly new executive board and revamp the structure of our ghU discussions, we also hope to restructure the way we hold our general body meetings—changing to a format which will be more conducive to a two-way exchange of ideas between staff and the executive board. In changing the structure of our general body meeting updates, we aim to make our staff to feel more involved in the planning of our events and also maintain a high level of enthusiasm and accountability all year round. Lastly, without our committed staff members, we would not have been able to achieve all that we have accomplished. As such, we will be focusing our efforts in the coming weeks into recruiting a diverse staff of students who will, like us, be passionate about GlobeMed and MAP—who will become our next generation of leaders and improve upon the work we have done over the past five years.
Sincerely, Sasicha Manupipatpong and Divya Seth 2016-2017 Co-Presidents GlobeMed at Emory
“GlobeMed really engaged me to believe that we, as student leaders, can take the lead in changing the world and build a movement together.” -- Helen Li, Class of 2016]
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Executive Board GlobeMed at Emory
External Co-President
Sasicha Manupipatpong
| sasicha.manupipatpong@emory.edu
Internal Co-President
Yeji Park
| ypark69@emory.edu
Divya Seth
| divya.seth@emory.edu
globalhealthU Coordinator
Kaya Ruffin
| kaya.ava.ruffin@emory.edu
globalhealthU Coordinator
Yiwen Helen Li
| yiwen.li@emory.edu
Campaign Coordinator
Linghan Wang
| linghan.wang@emory.edu
Campaign Coordinator
Sonum Tharwani
| sonum.tharwani@emory.edu
Director of Communications
Wendy Avila
| wavila@emory.edu
Director of Communications
Maya Lakshman
| maya.lakshman@emory.edu
Director of Community Building
Juliette Silverman
| juliette.silverman@emory.edu
Director of Finances
Alexandria Albert
| alexandria.albert@emory.edu
GROW Coordinator
Supporters A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2015 – 2016 year a great success:
INDIVIDUALS
ORGANIZATIONS
Dr. Carol Worthman, Faculty Advisor Dr. Melvin Konner, Faculty Advisor
Emory College Council Bread Coffee House Domino’s Pizza BLAST Midtown Earth Fare Phidippides Atlanta Student Activities and Academic Center Suno Dessert Kaplan Lucky’s Burger & Brew Krispy Kreme Blue Donkey Coffee Romeo’s Pizza Great American Cookies
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