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Global Humanitarian Support and Leadership Experience

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Explore the world and take your education to international urban and remote areas while helping to improve the wellbeing of those most in need. All majors are welcome!  You’ll be playing a critical role for the communities being served, form new friendships, advance your academic, professional, and personal development, and transform your life forever.

Using a unique, three-phase model, we:

1) place our participants in global community outreach initiatives working alongside professional educators and business leaders,

2) support needed human and capital resources for our nonprofit partners while,

3) providing critical education and service initiatives for the most underserved and vulnerable populations. 

Each team of 10 to 12 individuals, is led by experienced faculty and staff members who oversee the highest quality community support services through oversight of project outcomes and logistical services support.

Our global programs offer experiential education through US and international humanitarian service organizations placement of as a way to gain unique, hands-on work experience while serving the most underserved populations in challenging global settings.  Our primary aims are to resource our partners and their communities through educational outreach and support programs to increase the quality, availability, and effectiveness of educational and community-based programs designed to prevent disease and injury, improve health, and enhance quality of life.

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During your program, you will provide support for educational and community-based programs to improve:

• Community wellbeing services through mutual goals setting

• Prevention of disease and injury through assessment, education, and skills development.  

• Individual and overall community wellbeing through educational programs to equip community members with knowledge and skills.

Examples of projects include:

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• Business, political science, and engineering-related projects help to improve infrastructure in communities in need through construction projects and disaster relief as well as projects to support local, regional, and global economic development for local businesses.  

• Healthcare and education-related projects provide health education for children and families through educational programming in local primary and secondary school classrooms, adult community English classes, and professional seminars.  

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• Social and behavioral science-related projects helping to increase access to healthcare in underserved communities, providing necessary social services, and support for women and children who are displaced as a result of abuse and neglect.  ​​