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Created in 1996 by a group of graduate students in public health, the
UNC Student Global Health Committee is an organization committed to
creating awareness of international health issues among the UNC
community through education, advocacy, and service. The SGHC fosters an
environment within which UNC students can apply their acquired
knowledge and skills to engage in the promotion of health at a global
level.
A Drink For Tomorrow is a non-profit organization that
raises awareness of the lack of access to clean, safe water in
impoverished communities around the globe, as well as funds to provide
clean, safe water to those who lack this fundamental human right. At A
Drink For Tomorrow, we believe that everyone should have access to
clean, safe drinking water, not one filled with dirt and disease. It is
our goal as an organization to inform students about the terrible
effects of the global water crisis and creatively raise funds for clean water projects to benefit those among the 884 million people who lack clean water. A Drink For Tomorrow will encourage the campus community to use the drinks that they consume today to help provide clean water for someone in a developing country tomorrow.
American Red Cross Club of UNC-Chapel Hill
The purpose of this club is to provide Red Cross services to the local
community and students on the campus of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill while following the Fundamental Principles of
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Amnesty International UNC
Amnesty
International works to free prisoners of conscience; gain fair trials
for political prisoners; end torture, political killings and
"disappearances;" abolish the death penalty throughout the world; and
promote economic, social and cultural rights.
Carolina for Kibera
Carolina for Kibera, Inc. (CFK) is a 501(c)(3) international
non-governmental organization housed at the University Center for
International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Supported by private donations and grants from the Ford
Foundation, CFK has established a youth sports association, girls'
center, and medical clinic in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
Engineers Without Borders at Carolina
Mission: EWB helps disadvantaged communities improve their
quality of life through implementation of environmentally and
economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing
internationally responsible engineering students.
Vision: EWB's outward vision is of a world where all people have
access to adequate sanitation, safe drinking water, and the resources
to meet their other self-identified engineering and economic
development needs.
GlobeMed is a network of university students which partner with
grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of
people living in poverty. The UNC Chapter was started by a group of undergraduate students a couple of years ago. Through their involvement today, students
commit to a life of leadership in global health and social justice. Relationships
are the heart of GlobeMed's model of engaging students to make an
impact in the health of communities around the world. Each of the 33 Chapters at universities across the United States have a Partner
in a grassroots health organization in the developing world. Together,
the chapter and partner organization work to collaborate on specific
projects, organize a global health curriculum on campus, and lead trips
to work with partners in communities abroad.
Honduran Health Alliance
The Honduran Health Alliance is an international alliance of
organizations working together in the areas of education, capacity
building, health and development. Member groups are dedicated to common
ideals of cooperation and partnership coupled with self-determination
to facilitate our on-going work. The current focus of our work is
promoting women's health and community development.
International Health Forum
This is a student group at the University of North Carolina School of
Medicine that encourages the understanding of international health
issues through lunch meetings, projects, and providing information on
international opportunities available to UNC students.
Minority Student Caucus
The
Minority Student Caucus consists of all students of color in the
School of Public Health who wish to join. The Caucus was founded in the early 1970's
as a vehicle for bringing the concerns of minority students to
the attention of the School's Administration and for working to
attract more students of color to the School. The Caucus founded the Minority Health Conference in 1977
and has conducted it annually since then. The Caucus also works
with the School Administration on Project Reach to link to the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, especially in North
Carolina, and to institutions serving other minority groups.
Nourish International
Nourish International bridges the gap between college students and
impoverished communities. Through this process NI alleviates poverty in
a sustainable way while simultaneously developing socially responsible
leaders. NI sponsors Hunger Lunches on the UNC campus; NI has raised
approximatley $30,000 since 2002 to support sustainable activities
through NGOs.
The mission of S4Si is to create educational opportunities for
high-achieving students in the developing world, with the belief that
education is essential to community leadership and a country's
development. We are a university-based, nonprofit organization that
provides these opportunities through collaboration with the local
communities of our Scholars.
Student Health Action Coalition
The Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC) is a student-run
organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that
provides free health and social services to local residents and their
communities. SHAC is run by entirely by student volunteers from the UNC
Schools of Social Work, Public Health, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy,
Nursing, Medicine, and Dentistry. The students, under the supervision
of UNC doctors and professors, combine their skills to hold weekly
dental and health clinics, to care for home-bound elderly citizens, to
create sustainable community health promotion programs, to build an
annual Habitat for Humanity house, and to partner in activities with
local health and social service organizations.
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