ORGANIZATION: Global Links
CONTACT NAME/TITLE: Jennifer Novelli, Community Outreach Manager
ADDRESS: 4809 Penn Ave., 2nd Floor
CITY: Pittsburgh STATE: PA ZIP: 15206
PHONE: 412-361-3424 x204 EMAIL: jnovelli@globallinks.org
WEBSITE: www.globallinks.org
Mission of the Organization: Global Links is a medical relief and development not-for-profit dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship and improving health in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Social Justice Issue Area that your organization works in:
_x__Peace and Human Rights ___ LGBT rights
_x__Woman, Youth, and Families ___Racial Justice _x__Environmental Justice
___ Economic Justice ___ Disability Rights ___Other
Two projects that we have in mind are listed below:
1. Helping Mothers and Babies: Coordinate a collection or host a “baby shower”, preparing baby bags of items needed in resource-poor communities. You could: recruit bag sewers, organize volunteers to pack them, host/co-lead a session at Global Links or in your classroom to educate peers about maternal and infant health disparities.
2. Sharing Surplus, Saving Lives: Coordinate collection of home medical supplies (crutches, asthma nebulizers, etc.), diverting useful materials from PA landfills for use in resource-poor communities. Organize volunteers to prep and pack materials and host/co-lead a session at Global Links or in your classroom to educate peers about global health issues.
The maximum number of students that can work on these projects are __4_____.