Better Business Bureau Gives CFHI a Clean Bill of Health
2008-10-07
In the just-released Better Business Bureau (BBB) WISE GIVING GUIDE, CFHI meets the BBB's stringent Standards for Charity Accountability.
The guide has an editorial focus on volunteer work overseas. You can read more about the BBB and its methodology for measuring accountability to donors by clicking on the link below.
Another Award for Innovative CFHI Health Science Education Project
2008-09-30
"Teaching
Humanism and Cultural Humility Through Global Health Immersion
Programs" was awarded an Honorable Mention by the Poster Committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2008
annual meeting.
This is the second time the poster has received high praise, earning an award for innovation in the field of health science education at the Global Health Education Consortium's conference in Sacramento, California this April.
The poster was presented by Alexis Armenakis, a CFHI 2003 alumna and MD candidate at the University of California at San Francisco. It describes
CFHI’s pilot curriculum, which is designed to teach humanism and cultural
humility through the framework of emotional intelligence to our program students.
United Nations Special Consultative Status Awarded to CFHI
2008-07-25
CFHI is delighted and honored to be awarded special consultative statusby the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The specific area of competency CFHI submitted for review to the ECOSOC is in the area of global health education programming.
Special consultative status was awarded on July 22nd as a result of a rigorous two-year application process. Please click on the link below to read the letter of notification.
Letter of Gratitude to CFHI from the Ecuadorian Consulate (San Francisco)
2008-07-20
As you may recall, in
February 2008 much of Ecuador
was devastated by severe and persistent rains that caused some of the worst
flooding there in living memory.
The floods claimed the
lives of dozens of people and left thousands more homeless. CFHI played a small
part in alleviating the suffering by sending a container of medical supplies to
Ecuador.
This container was funded by the Rudolph E. Futer Fund of
the Community Foundation for MontereyCounty, a
committed and longstanding CFHI supporter.
Please click on the link below to read a letter (in Spanish) we received
recently from the Ecuadorian
Consulate thanking us for our donation to the flood victims.
Read this feature on Jacob Webster, whotraveled to La Paz, Bolivia, earlier this year for a 10-week medical internship with Child Family Health International. Source: Jennifer Moody - Albany Democrat-Herald
CFHI - Special Consultative Status Recommendation from the UN
2008-06-04
The United Nations' Economic and Social Council committee has recommended CFHI's application for special consultative status in matters of global health education. The final decision will be released in July 2008.
Click the link below to read the full press release.
Source: United Nations Dept. of Economic & Social Affairs
Panel on Community Health: Delivering, Serving, Engaging, Leading
2008-05-30
Click on the link to learn the opinions of this esteemed panel, who convened at the 2008 Global Health Council Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The panel was moderated by CFHI's Executive Director, Steve Schmidbauer. Source: Global Health Council
Sahara Project - Albert Einstein Students Fundraiser Update
2008-05-28
Read the beforeand after stories by these inspirational students...in their own words.
Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine students Lillian Wong, Alicia Pittard, Erin Rose Rundquist and everyone at the schools' Global Health club.
Read more about our growing community of CFHI alumni and how they are getting involved and giving back at home and overseas by clicking the link below.
The Growth of Global Health Service-Learning Programs
2007-08-07
The Gowth of Global Health Service-Learning Programs: How to Build Responsible Relationships with Host Communities By Becky Davis, CFHI's Outreach & Alumni Coordinator
Mountains, Babies and Grasshoppers: My Experience with Child Family Health International's Cultural Crossroads in Healthcare Program in Oaxaca, Mexico. September 2006 by Cesar D. Favila
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education program or for CFHI Global Partners and Preceptors. To apply for
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