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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services, International, International Development, International Relief
Mission: Health bridges international (hbi)
Programs: Health bridges international (hbi) connects young professionals in training together around service learning projects. We worked with a number of health professions training programs (medical and nursing schools, physical therapy programs, pre- science colleges and universities) to connect students and early career professionals with their colleagues through community and hospital/clinic based service learning. We partnered with academic institutions to provide meaningful experiences for young professionals in training to learn about health care in developing countries and the cultural differences of health systems. Institutions include riverdale high school & linfield college school of nursing (located in portland, or), texas women's university (denton, tx), and st. Olaf college (northfield, mn)
the ines project for medically fragile children improves the health of economically marginalized, medically complex children on the outskirts of lima, peru. We do this through advocacy education and targeted resource allocation to maximize the patients' appropriate utilization of the exsisting state health care system. In 2016, income for this project also helped to build a 3-story elevator at the shalom children's rehabilitation center outside of lima.
alto cayma expansion of healthcare activities in accordance with the missionary society of st. Paul (mssp). Programs include developing a mobile medical and dental program, nutrition and feeding programs, and working toward the establishment of permanent medical clinics.
other programs: street youth workshops, linfield nurses nrp street youth workshops, linfield nurses nrp street youth workshops, linfield nurses nrp