Interested in traveling abroad during the 2014 summer break while making a difference? Then think globally, and apply for the new Rotary District 5930 International Scholarship to Costa Rica!!

Rotary District 5930

International Scholarship

to Costa Rica

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Application Deadline: November 25, 2013.

Date of Team Participation: June 2014.

Program Description: Fourteen (14) day participation as a volunteer member of a Global Health Team administered by International Service Learning ("ISL") in Costa Rica (see additional information below).

What ISL Volunteers Do: "ISL teams identify the needs of a community by performing public healthImage surveys and referring those in need to an ISL field clinic. At the clinic, volunteers participate, under the direct supervision of local, licensed health professionals, with patient interviews, taking vital signs, performing basic triage, and filling prescriptions. Volunteers also have the opportunity to closely observe the examination, diagnosis, and treatment process. Teams are led by professional staff and accompanied by bilingual assistants." Please note that level of participation is as involved as each team member is comfortable with.

 

ImageA Sample Itinerary of two week program:
Day One: Arrive at San Jose airport, attend orientation, change money, settle into guest house, rest
Day Two: Practical and Medical Orientation – Tropical Medicine, Taking Vital Signs, Pharmacology, House Clinic-Community Triage, Spanish for Health Professionals. Evening -Natural Medicine Seminar
Day Three:  House clinic in urban community. Evening – med class 
Day Four:  Clinic in urban community. Evening – med seminar 
Day Five:  Clinic in urban shanty community. Evening – med seminar
Day Six:  Depart for rural community. Evening – activity with the community
Day Seven:  House clinic in rural community. Evening – med seminar
Day Eight:  Clinic in rural community. Evening – injection class 
Day Nine:  Clinic in rural community. Evening – activity with the community 
Day Ten:  Recreation day
ImageDay Eleven:  Travel back to Metropolitan area 
Day Twelve:  Visit orphanage. Evening – case presentation 
Day Thirteen:  Recreation day at Los Chorros Waterfall and Sarchí Craft Village. Evening – last meeting
Day Fourteen:  Depart for home
Please Note:  This is a sample - exact schedule will vary and will be determined solely by ISL.

Qualifications for Selection:
1) Must have completed by time of departure two years of college or university study with a declared major compatible with any one of the following Focus Areas of Rotary:
• Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
• Disease Prevention and Treatment
• Water and Sanitation
• Maternal and Child Health
• Basic Education and Literacy
• Economic and Community Development

2) Must be sponsored by a Rotary Club in District 5930 and reside in District 5930, attend college or university in District 5930 or have graduated from a high school in District 5930 (Rotarians and family members of Rotarians not eligible). Membership in a Rotaract Club does not affect eligibility.

ImageSelection Process: Competitive Interviews conducted by the District 5930 Scholarship Sub-committee on January 4, 2014.

Number of Scholarships: Maximum number of Scholarships available for 2014 is three (3).

EXPENSES PAID BY ROTARY DISTRICT 5930: ISL registration fees, tuition, room and board for specific July 2014 program and round trip coach air fare from Corpus Christi, Victoria, McAllen or Laredo to San Jose Costa Rica (air transportation arranged by Rotary District 5930). All expenses of a personal nature, including cost of passport, are responsibility of the applicant.

ISL, WHICH PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, IS A SEPARATE ENTITY NOT AFFILIATED WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL - OR ROTARY DISTRICT 5930. ROTARY DISTRICT 5930'S INVOLVEMENT IS LIMITED TO THE PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED ABOVE.

ImageAdditional Requirements: Selected applicants must be available to make presentations to their Sponsoring Rotary Club and Rotary 5930 District Conference in Spring of 2014 and during 2014-15 school year (i.e., before and after trip).
For more information specifically about ISL, please visit their website: www.islonline.org
For more information about the scholarship, please contact Annie Ramirez: Ramirezba81@hotmail.com

Submit completed application, along with additional scholarship attachments, to your local Rotary Club.

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