Volunteer Experiences with the Families for Children Orphanage

Volunteer Canadian RN Cara, in full sari, is receiving very detailed instructions on how to play a board game from one of the children at the Families for Children Orphanage (FFC).  This is Cara’s second visit to IUBAT.  FFC is a Canadian-sponsored orphanage close to IUBAT, and is one of the regular placements for IUBAT students as part of their Community Health curriculum.  IUBAT students work with the children and help with priority health assessments.  They also teach the children about basic health and nutrition practices.

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IUBAT faculty at UBC Feb 12

Dr. Sk. Nazmul Huda will speak at University of British Columbia Wednesday February 12 at 12 noon in Room B-104 of the School of Population and Public Health 2206 East Mall, UBC. Dr. Huda is a Bangladeshi epidemiologist (PhD UAlberta) and currently advisor for Bangladesh with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. His  research interests include arsenicosis and tracking survivors of last year’s garment factory disaster. The title of his talk is “Despite Everything: Public Health Successes in Bangladesh. ” Dr. Huda’s visit is sponsored by the Bangladesh Health Project.

Visit our Flickr Site for more Photos!

The lives and experiences of the volunteers, students and faculty are chronicled and shared on this blog regularly, but did you know that you could also stay up to date with the Bangladesh Health Project through photographs?

They say that pictures are worth a thousand words, and indeed, the photos shared on our Flickr site hold a wealth of information that we haven’t yet began to blog about!  Pictures of celebrations, Bangladesh living, the classroom setting and much more can be found at our Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bangladesh_healthproject/.  

You can view the entire photostream, or by collection (simply click on the title):

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Have a glimpse of the Bangladesh Health Project as it proceeds overseas and come back often to see what else we’ve been up to!