Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
According to the UN, "major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues".
"Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director from UN Population Fund, talks about what role governments and civil society can play to help people achieve good health and well-being. Produced by the Department of Public Information."
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PARTNERS:
GlobeMed's mission is to engage students in the movement for global health equity by training students to generate resources and awareness, developing knowledge bases and skill sets, and providing opportunities to work and learn alongside Himalayan HealthCare (partner organization in Nepal). GlobeMed believes that every person has a role to play in global health equity and part of their mission is to help students find their place in the movement.
Contact Details:
Valerie Gao
[email protected]
720-496-7670
In our interconnected world, we interact with people from different cultures on a daily basis. Assumptions are made, interpreting comments, reactions and behaviors. The result is often miscommunication because of a culture difference. These miscommunications can be extremely costly to organizations and relationships. Real World Solutions provides practical training and coaching in intercultural awareness and competence for professionals and organizations in business, health care, education, and community services.
Contact Details:
Melinda Cain
melinda@
realworldsolutions.us
303-522-7230
GlobalMindED is an educational and research non-profit organization committed to creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline for first-generation-to-college, at-risk and low-income students and job seekers.. By incorporating research and implementing action based on our results, GlobalMindED's mission is to improve access and equity in K-12 and higher education through improved graduation rates and sustainable careers.
Contact Details:
Saule Aliyeva
saule.aliyeva@ globalminded.org
303-327-5688
NGAO Society is a non-profit making organization formed with individuals and likeminded community organizations to facilitate the community in realizing its own potential to initiate sustainable change using the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Model. NGAO wishes to establish connections between students in the US and communities in Africa (Kenya) to help students collaborate on finding the assets within the community to improve quality of life.
Contact Details:
Anthony Hulula
Mediator: Hope Mukai
Solid Ground for Africa is working to partner with existing orphanages in Africa to help them develop independent and sustainable systems to provide better and more reliable sources of food, shelter, medical aid, education and financial stability.
Contact Details:
Kat Slater
[email protected]
831-325-3791
World Child Cancer strives to bring access of care to children with cancer in the developing world and increasing the survival rates. They seek to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment and care for children across the developing world, in hope of witnessing a world where every child with cancer has access to the best possible treatment and care. Educating the broader community, regarding this issue, is the first step towards solving it, while also getting the funds to fund our mission and continuing our work is our highest priority.
Contact Details:
Ben Drotar
ben.drotar@
worldchildcancer.us
720-628-0084
The Road to Hope builds self-sustaining communities through partnering with individuals and organizations in the U.S. and Haiti to learn and build mutually supportive relationships. We believe in bridging the distance between communities globally, which is why we partner with communities throughout the U.S. and Haiti to provide in-person and digital cultural experiences and outreach for students, community leaders, musicians and other interested parties. We invest in food, agriculture, education, music, the arts, and water and sanitation programs in the communities we serve.
Contact Details:
Rebecca Harris
[email protected]
571-213-1322
The United Nations Association of the United States of America's Denver Metro Chapter is dedicated to informing, inspiring and mobilizing the Denver community to support the ideals and vital work of the United Nations.
Contact Details:
Sanjay Rajan
[email protected]
303-589-4404
CorpsAfrica is a non-profit organization that recruits and places ambitious Africans in remote, high-poverty communities in their own countries. These men and women live in the community for a year and initiate sustainable projects that fulfill key needs and whose impact and success can be carefully measured, all through a transformative volunteer experience. CorpsAfrica seeks to connect WAC students to current and alumni volunteers who have worked on development issues at a grassroots level in communities in Morocco, Senegal, and Malawi.
Contact Details:
Garrett Mason
[email protected]
504-220-1417
Engineers Without Borders USA harnesses the skills of engineers to tackle the challenges that keep the world's poorest people from living healthy, productive lives. Engineers Without Borders USA achieves this goal by utilizing highly skilled volunteers to work with communities to find appropriate solutions for their basic infrastructure and human needs. Engineers Without Borders USA seeks to help students in WAC by mentoring, giving presentations about Engineers Without Borders USA projects, and guiding development-themed student projects.
Contact Details:
James Harper
[email protected]
858-522-9249
The Empowered Kitchen seeks to empower individuals to meal prep in hope of saving time on cooking, eating healthy, and producing homemade meals with whole ingredients and zero food waste. The Empowered Kitchen thus hopes to reduce the impacts of climate change by preventing food waste, composting kitchen scraps and minimizing excessive packaging. The Empowered Kitchen would love to become a resource for WAC students regarding food waste reduction and sustainable food systems; as well as, speak with students about becoming smarter consumers concerning the environmental impacts on our food system.
Contact Details:
Katrina Brink
katrina@
empoweredkitchen.com
303-505-6575
The United Nations Association of the United States of America's Denver Metro Chapter is dedicated to informing, inspiring and mobilizing the Denver community to support the ideals and vital work of the United Nations. UNA Denver and WAC have the potential to collaborate beautifully regarding the focus on SDG's.
Contact Details:
Tina Lehman
eventsoutreach2
@unadenver.org
720-224-2094
Empowerment International's (EI) approach addresses the root cause and the plight of many street children in the slums (‘barrios’) in both countries. EI works with the children and their families to enable them to attend school by providing financial and emotional support. Empowerment International would love to develop long term partnerships; as well as, have WAC students approach EI for cultural exchange experiences with our students and communities. Empowerment International would also love to do some collaborative projects with our students in Nicaragua and WAC students.
Contact Details:
Kathy Adams
[email protected]
720-600-4818
Solar Energy International (SEI) was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit educational organization. Their mission is to provide industry-leading technical training and expertise in renewable energy to empower people, communities, and businesses worldwide. SEI-Solar In the Schools (SIS) can be a source for WAC Students for hands-on expertise in designing and installing PV, wind and micro-hydro systems. WAC Students can take SEI's free Intro. to Renewable Energy course online, or on their campus, to learn more about the benefits of Renewable Energy.
Contact Details:
Andrea Wang
[email protected]
970-623-1920
Kimetrica is a social enterprise where their mission is to increase the effectiveness of spending in the social sector by providing software, research, advisory and training services for evidence-based decision making and learning. Kimetrica also helps governments and non-profit organizations to increase the impact and efficiency of their social investments, enhance accountability, manage critical risks, and build donor or taxpayer confidence. They seek to help WAC students by educating them about the impacts of international development.
Contact Details:
Eric Nussbaumer
eric.nussbaumer
@kimetrica.com
202-213-2712
