Chapter Profiles GlobeMed at Amherst
Who We Are
Founded in 2010, GlobeMed at Amherst is one of 46 GlobeMed chapters working to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world. We partner with Pastoral de la Salud in Cuscatlán, El Salvador to improve access to high quality health education and care for 47 communities, and to advocate for their human right to health.
Our Partner - Pastoral de la Salud in Cuscatlán, El Salvador
GlobeMed at Amherst is partnered with Pastoral de la Salud, a community health organization working in and around Cuscatlán, El Salvador. Pastoral de la Salud is a coalition of 12 parishes that attends to a total of 47 communities. Through the work of volunteers and community health workers, Pastoral provides heath education, prevention, and natural medicine, placing a focus on children’s health from pre-natal care through age 5. The organization also serves as a hub for community organizing, mobilizing communities to advocate for their human right to health care.
Our Project - $4400 to train 57 Community Health Workers
This year, GlobeMed at Amherst aims to raise $4400 to support a series of trainings for community health workers. Pastoral holds bimonthly workshops that are designed to empower and strengthen the capabilities of its community health workers, leading them to become agents of change in their work areas.
The workshops will include both theoretical and practical training, covering a range of topic that includes human right to health, food security and nutrition, vulnerability to natural disasters, family medicine and Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI).
IMPACT: This project will have a direct effect on the community by empowering 57 health promoters who are the point of contact between Pastoral and the population in the Cuscatlán area.
VIEW GLOBEMED AT AMHERST’S 2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Get Involved
To learn more, email us at amherst@globemed.org!
Contact
amherst@globemed.org
Partnered With
Pastoral de la Salud
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
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