Possible Interesting Postbac Opportunity

Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested.

So as you all know I'm heavily focused/invovled in microfinance and development across the developing world. I spoke at an event a few weeks back and met a doctor who is involved in morbidity/mortality in crisis driven countries. The group, among other things, holds weekly or bimonthly meetings and is going to Haiti in August. If anyone is interested in attending a meeting please let me know which date is best so i can set this up. It would likely involve a discussion on their group and I could provide a background on microfinance and how that is geared at helping to alleviate many of these problems.

Let me know.

Regards,
Mark

marklwien@gmail.com

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Nichole

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Summer Opportunity to Volunteer in Haiti

Hey SJM,

We’re looking for a group of 5-6 of our fellow post-baccs to join us on a volunteer trip to Haiti. Because of the limited time we have available to volunteer, we have chosen to go through a group called Global Volunteer Network. This group organizes placements for individuals and groups who wish to volunteer in Haiti and other places around the world. Check out their website: http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti/

Here are some details of the trip:

What: A two week volunteer trip to Haiti, based in either Port au Prince or a smaller coastal city called Jacmel. Possible opportunities include clinical work, teaching, construction, working with children, working with displaced people, and community development. The placements are made based on each individual’s skill and the pressing needs at the time, but since we are going as a group, they will make an effort to place us together.

When: August 14^th-September 1^st (Perfect for those taking summer classes!!)

Cost: Application fee $100 (to be paid ASAP in order to reserve a spot)

$997 for the program, which includes accommodations and 3 meals a day (to be paid by June 14^th)

Airfare approximately $350-$400

It's short notice, but because of the time table we are on, we would like to know by next Wednesday, May 19^th if you have serious interest in going. The earlier the better!!

Please contact Sarah Wilkinson: sarahw325@gmail.com if you are interested or have more questions.

THANKS!!!

Sarah, Erin, Kevin

A Walk to Beautiful Movie Screening- This Wed (4/21) from 8-9 pm in Kent 424

Exciting news! This Wednesday, April 21st, in Kent 424 at 8 pm, Saving Mothers will be hosting a movie screening of A Walk to Beautiful, a documentary about Ethiopian women whose lives have been affected by obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a severe medical condition resulting from failed childbirth: a hole develops between the bladder and vagina, causing profound emotional and medical consequences.

The World Health Organization has called fistula "the single most dramatic aftermath of neglected childbirth," and more than two million women in the world suffer from this condition, most of them in areas lacking access to adequate medical care.

Women suffering from this condition become incontinent, leak urine uncontrollably, develop irreparable nerve damage in the feet and legs, and are often forced into shame and social isolation in their communities.

A Walk to Beautiful documents the inspiring lives of five Ethiopian women suffering from obstetric fistula, and their medical journeys to the Addis Ababa Hospital, where they hope to find a cure, a new life, and to reclaim their dignity.

Also, one of the filmmakers will be coming to speak to us at the screening. We hope to see you all there at what promises to be a very informative event!

More information about the documentary can be found at: http://www.walktobeautiful.com/

For those of you unaware, Saving Mothers is a nonprofit aimed at improving women's health in the developing world, founded by recent post-bac graduate and future UCSF 1st year, Nichole Young-Lin.