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Membership Application 2020-2021

Honduras: June 2021

If accepted you are required to enroll in SOCA 499.

Please complete the following application and submit by

Friday, November 6th by 5:00 p.m.

Email application to Daniel.Brewster@mail.wvu.edu

Feel free to submit applications early.

For the following questions, please be thorough and genuine. Please type all answers.

We reserve the right to interview all applicants before acceptance to the Global Brigades service project.

I am interested in the ______ Medical Brigades ______ Dental Brigades ______ Both Brigades

NAME:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

MAJOR:

CLASS RANK: ___ 1st Year ___ 2nd Year ___ 3rd Year ___ 4th Year ___ Graduate/Other

FIRST SEMESTER ON WVU MAIN CAMPUS (FOR EXAMPLE, FALL 2020): ________________

CURRENT COLLEGE GPA: (Sophomores-Seniors ONLY): ________

GRADUATE STUDENTS: (Please list your undergraduate GPA): _________

STANDARIZED TEST SCORES (Freshmen ONLY): _____

Have you visited the website? ______

Would you like us to forward your name to other Brigades orgs on campus if not accepted? ______

I. What is your Spanish experience (no experience is an acceptable answer)? Explain your level of experience (Do not state “Spanish 101” as your language experience). How confident would you be in carrying a full conversation with a patient or family in a clinic?

a. Are you applying ONLY as a potential translator?

II. Based on your research of the Global Brigades holistic model, how does public health benefit medical outcomes in these rural communities? Do you believe that the GB holistic model is sustainable? Explain.

III. How do you think the coronavirus has effected/will affect industrialized nations like the U.S. differently than resource-reduced nations like Honduras?

IV. Which of your traits (personality, experience, and skills) will be most useful while on Brigade? Which traits have you developed that are unique, how will they benefit our group on brigade?

V. The mission statement of Global Brigades is as follows: “To empower volunteers and under-resourced communities to resolve global health and economic disparities and inspire all involved to collaboratively work towards an equal world.” As a potential volunteer, how do you think you would be empowered during and after brigading?

VI. Research the concept of voluntourism. Based on your research of the Global Brigades holistic model how do they combat voluntourism?

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