Physical Health Thailand Project #12228

Healthcare and Education for Burmese Immigrants

by GlobeMed at University of Cincinnati

Project Report | May 31, 2017
GlobeMed at UC, May 2017 Report

By Mckenzie Ackemyer | Co-President

As we finish this school year we would like to express our sincerest gratitude for the incredible generosity and continued support of our donors. This past year we held our most successful Benefit Dinner to date raising $4,395 in profit which has helped us to exceed our fundraising goal of $10,000 for the 2016-2017 school year. Since the beginning of our partnership, we have been fortunate enough to raise in excess of $66,000 in support of our Community Health Outreach Project.

Throughout this past year, we have seen many new members show their dedication and passion for our work by taking on leadership roles and initiating new and exciting projects within our chapter. It is through this growth that we hope to continue to strengthen our partnership with SAW and continue to increase our impact as a chapter. We hope to work this summer to determine what projects and ideas will be most beneficial to our work and our partnership and detail what steps need to be taken for those projects.

The money we have raised in support of CHOP has directly impacted ** Burmese migrants through workshop attendance, classroom attendance, and other project initiatives in the span of one year. This program has indirectly impacted an additional ** Burmese migrants through community and family knowledge in that same time period. Without the hard work and dedication of every single SAW staff and chapter member in our partnership and the continued support of people like you, this work would be impossible.

On May 3rd five of our chapter members traveled to Mae Sot to work on building the groundwork for the next stage of our partnership with SAW. The students are working to strengthen our partnership by building personal relationships with SAW staff members, witnessing the work that SAW does every day, and learning about the challenges and necessities of this work. These students are having discussions with SAW about our mutual expectations of each other in the coming year and what SAW needs to continue the vital work they do with the CHOP program. This information will be compiled into a Partnership Action Framework, a document that will outline the details of our partnership and the expectations for the coming year. The work of these students will help us to maintain the human connection that is so central to GlobeMed’s mission and keep us accountable to both SAW and our donors.

We thank you again for your continued support and encouragement for our partnership. We look forward to what the future and this coming year will hold. Donations to our chapter can be made at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/globemedatcincinnati/.

Yours in Health,

Mckenzie Ackemyer, Jayla Burton, and the rest of Globemed at UC

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Feb 28, 2017
GlobeMed at UC, February 2017 Report

By Jayla Burton | Co-President

First Annual Benefit Dinner

Dear Supporters of GlobeMed at UC,

As we dive into this New Year we continue to express our gratitude for all of your support. Last year ended strong and with your commitment, it has made it easier to accomplish our goals. We have welcomed new members and are excited for what the rest of the semester will bring.

Individual giving was a success and we would like to extend our thanks to everyone who participated. Your caring support to Social Action for Women will make a great difference to the Burmese migrants living in rural communities in Phop Phra.

There has been great energy this semester as we have recently done tabling events for World Day of Social Justice and held two fundraising events on campus. Our annual benefit dinner is only a few days away. It is taking place on March 3, 2017 at the Phoenix in Cincinnati. If you have not purchased your tickets, you still have a few days to do so! It is a wonderful event to learn more about GlobeMed at UC, our partner, and Global Health.

As for our partner, they are continuing to work to provide services for the Burmese migrants living in Thailand. Our GROW team has been preparing throughout this year to go and visit our partner through research and training offered through GlobeMed headquarters. The GROW team is an important part of our organization and they ensure that we have that personal relationship with our partner.

As for SAW, they are continuing to work harder than ever to advocate and provide services ensuring the wellbeing of each individual. They are making many strides within their organization. As GlobeMed at UC continues to support them in their endeavors, we ask that you continue to support and grow with us. Your support has played a tremendous role in SAW’s success and to continue to advocate for community health, gender-based violence, family, and accessible healthcare we need your help.

Donations to our chapter can be made here:https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/globemedatcincinnati/. We thank you again for your enormous support and encouragement, and we look forward to all that the future holds for GlobeMed at UC.

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Nov 28, 2016
GlobeMed at UC, November 2016 Report

By Juliana Madzia | Co-President

Dear Supporters of GlobeMed at UC,

We appreciate your ongoing dedication to and interest in our chapter. This has been an exciting year for us so far, as we have grown to have our largest chapter ever and have put several new committees into place to expand our fundraising and advocacy efforts to an even greater extent than we have in the past.

We have held several small fundraisers on campus this semester, but now we are in the midst of our biggest fundraiser of all - Inidividual Giving! This is where you come in, because individual donations that we receive through GlobalGiving and other sources make up nearly 70% of the money that we donate to Social Action for Women each year. We hope that during this holiday season you think about us and about the men, women, and children living along the Thai-Burma that Social Action for Women helps to support.

Planning is well underway for our Annual Benefit Dinner, and it will be bigger and better this year than ever before. This event will take place on March 3, 2017 at the Phoenix in Cincinnati. Our first round of save-the-dates has already gone out, so keep an eye on your inboxes and mailboxes for more information!

While we are working hard to fundraise and advocate here in Cincinnati, SAW is continuing to work even harder to provide community health workshops, gender-based violence programs, family talk workshops, and mobile medical care to rural communities in the Phop Phra region. Their ongoing commitment to sustainability and to truly listening to the needs of these communities are making noticeable, positive changes in the area that we hope will continue for a long time in the future. In order to continue supporting SAW in the work that they do, we ask that you help in any way that you can through making a donation of any size.

Yours in Health,

Juliana Madzia, Linda Venturato, and the rest of GlobeMed at UC

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