By Grace Lincenberg | Director of Finance
It's been a busy couple months for GlobeMed at CU Boulder and Himalayan HealthCare, but now that summer is here we're able to reflect on the incredible work that we’ve accomplished. Over the past year, GlobeMed has hosted over 10 successful campaigns on the Boulder campus, including our annual Benefit Dinner and a Hustle for Health 5K Race. We also introduced two new educational events: the Colorado GlobeMed Conference, which brought together GlobeMed chapters from all over Colorado, and the Global Health Fair on CU's campus, which was a collaboration between GlobeMed and other health related student groups and organizations on campus.
Through the combined efforts of our dedicated staff and your generous support, we were able to raise over $34,000 this academic year, 100% of which goes to supporting the education and health projects our partner Himalayan HealthCare implements in Nepal!
These funds have helped to provide the materials required for the construction of 25 latrines, which are being used by over 160 villagers, in the villages of Tipling, Sherthungand Lapa! Our efforts also funded the installation of 30 efficient cookstoves in homes in the Dhadhing district. This immediately benefits the health of families through a decrease of smoke inhalation and firewood consumption, which reduces deforestation and the amount of time women and children must spend collecting wood, indirectly improving school attendance. In addition to these projects, we also have continued to support educational stipends, women’s empowerment courses, income generation projects, and medical referrals.
Just because the school year is over doesn’t mean we have stopped working. In the spring, we transitioned our new executive board, which is hard at work devising a strategic plan in order to make next year as successful as possible. We also sent five grassroots onsite work (G.R.O.W.) interns off to Nepal in May and we are anxiously awaiting the stories and statistics about GlobeMed’s impact that they’ll bring back! Check our website, globemedcu.org, for updates on our upcoming campaigns!
Thank you to all of you who have supported our efforts this year. Your generosity has greatly impacted the health, education, and overall quality of life of the Nepali villagers and has helped progress the movement towards global health equity!
In solidarity,
Grace
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
