DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, unfortunately all student trips are postponed. We are working diligently to reschedule these trips as soon as is safe and feasible, while in the meantime fulfilling our mission in Ecuador.
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OUR COURSES
We host both local and international students for a 10-day global health educational experience. We have structured informative workshops, field experience and design-your-own global systems thinking project that focuses on promoting disaster recovery in a sustainable, community-based fashion. All while being fully immersed in the culture of the Manabítas. We will eat out at delicious local restaurants, explore the market, go on the adventure activities and prepare Ecuadorian food. All students stay together at a local hostel or house.
Global Health in Action Global Health & Environment
WHY LEARN WITH US?
We are an inter-cultural and interdisciplinary team of experts working across the full spectrum of global health. WPGH staff are highly trained in emergency disaster relief and recovery and are bound by our passion for sustainability. We, along with our collaborators, offer perspectives and provide tools which empower leaders to use systems thinking in uncovering creative solutions to global health issues. Global Health dynamics are complex and ever evolving and that’s why we use Systems Thinking to help simplify large issues. This approach looks at interactions between environment, biota, and social dynamics to explain health outcomes and disparities. With a combination of workshops led by our unique team members and local guest lecturers we create an environment in which students partake in inquiry-based learning. Our courses not only give students the skills needed for research and sustainable development but puts knowledge into action as students partake in our long-term community service projects. We trust that our students will use their learning experiences to impact and empower the future communities that they will serve in.
OUR COURSES ARE DERIVED FROM SYSTEMS THINKING
“Systems thinking is a set of synergistic analytic skills used to improve the capability of identifying and understanding systems, predicting their behaviors, and devising modifications to them in order to produce desired effects. These skills work together as a system. The ability of our world’s citizens to perform effective systems thinking is extremely important to the world’s future. The use of systems thinking transcends many disciplines, supporting and connecting them in unintuitive but highly impactful ways.” -Arnold & Wade 2015
OBJECTIVES
Teach students the principles behind systems thinking & apply these principles into clinical health practice.
Teach students the framework and tools needed to conduct systems based research & create environment & health policy.
Learn holistic sustainable methods aimed at providing natural disaster relief and recovery in a culturally responsible manner.
Engage in unique Latin American culture and apply new ideas to solve world issues.
First deposit ($500.00) is non-refundable. All cancellations must be made with at least 30 days of anticipation before trip start date in which students will then receive their second deposit back. Processing fees will be withdrawn from second payment. In any unforeseen case (i.e. political unrest or disease outbreak) that may pose danger or higher risk to volunteers, students and/or community members, Walking Palms Global Health has the right to postpone said trip to a future date. Any trips affected by unforeseen circumstances will not be refunded; students and volunteers may choose from the list of available dates to reschedule their trip at no additional cost.