Campus Y: Project Heel

Project Heel is student-run and student-founded global health organization based at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. Project Heel’s overarching mission is to engage undergraduate students in international service experiences to facilitate culturally relevant and locally-driven sustainable development in Wa, Ghana. Traditionally, Project Heel has pledged a comprehensive commitment to the health and wellness of the people of Ghana in an effort to improve access to basic health knowledge, overall quality of care, and availability of vital medical supplies. The ultimate goal of Project Heel is community-based sustainability with local health officials leading such initiatives. Primary projects include:

Providing individual first aid kits containing basic medical supplies that are safe and effective for family use, and holding school and community-based educational workshops to provide fundamental information about the use of items in the kits and available medical resources in the area.

Constructing a children’s library and medical resource center in the children’s ward of the Lawra District Hospital, and constructing a children’s library at an HIV/AIDS orphanage

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See it on the board, with the evidence behind the verdict and a way to report what you know