A summer as a volunteer
Hundreds of students from the University travel to different countries during their summer vacations to carry out work in the field. volunteer activities
PHOTO: Courtesy.
Setting up a school, restoring and rehabilitating churches, working with children and the elderly, or simply giving the best of themselves, are some of the tasks that hundreds of University students will carry out this summer in volunteer work in different parts of the world. "It has been the best way to end the exam period and start the vacations," said Inés Valiente, a first-year student of Pedagogy, a few days after returning from volunteer activities of the CET Igea in Burgos.
Maria Guibert, a student of Philosophy, has been in Sierra Leone for a few days. She teaches catechesis at a high school: "I would like to refund at least a part of what I have received", she explained hours before her departure. "The main thing is to give them a lot of joy," she concluded.
Pablo Panadero has just finished his 5th year of Medicine. Next summer he will be immersed in the preparation of spanish medical residency program, "so this year I decided to do something different and special". He asked some of his colleagues at class and committed himself to travel to Sierra Leone. He has been there since June 1, spending enquiry with the sick and doing humanitarian work.
Until the new academic year begins, they have two months ahead of them. Their interests are different and their destinations are quite disparate, but all of them, from the fields of science and literature, will give the best of themselves during the summer helping people in need.
project OF THE CLARIST MISSIONARY SISTERS IN SIERRA LEONE | Mile 91
July high school Mayor Sta. Clara (Pamplona)
PhilosophySTUDENTS María Marcos Jubilar (5th year Medicine), Laura Martin López (4th year Medicine), Elena de Frutos Porras (4th year Medicine), Maria Guibert Elizalde (2nd year Medicine), Paula Martin Audera (4th year Medicine), Pablo Panadero (5th year Medicine), Marta Alustiza Zavala (2nd year Medicine), Desirée Aracil Hernández (5th year Medicine), Álvaro Zarauza Pellejero (5th year Medicine), María Montes (4th year Medicine).
WORK
- Medical attention in a medical dispensary, the Clínica Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. They treat the inhabitants of the area for common illnesses, such as malaria, or pregnant women. A short time ago, thanks to the financial aid of volunteers committed to mission statement, they managed to bring an ambulance to pass enquiry to the nearby villages. development It should be noted that Sierra Leone ranks 177th in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), out of a total of 186 countries, that life expectancy is 48 years and that the infant mortality rate is one of the highest in the world: 119 children under one year of age die for every thousand children born.
- Organization of a summer school at a local high school for children between the ages of four and twelve. The idea is that the children will not have to work for at least one month during the summer, which they would have to do if the school did not exist. In previous years, some 150 children have participated. The students will also collaborate in the school by giving classes to the children.
work CAMP IN POLAND | Szcezcin
From July 1 to 18 | university club Velate, high school Irabia-Izaga (Pamplona), high school Munabe (Bilbao)
STUDENTS Javier Errasti (3rd year of Medicine), Saúl Valladares (4th year of Architecture), Rafael García Martínez (Professor. School of Law), Students of high school Irabia of Pamplona.
WORK
- Building a Caritas dining room and painting other rooms in the Caritas complex in Stettin.
- Visits to the elderly
- Weekend trips to Gdansk and Berlin.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL CARE IN KENYA| Kiongwani
July | ONAY - ONGD Salus Infirmorum
STUDENTS Elena Marín Díez (4th year Medicine), Paul Gutiérrez Mendizábal (4th year Medicine), Alicia Alonso Álvarez (3rd year Medicine), Begoña Gastón (5th year Medicine), María Gabriela Sánchez Ruiz de la Cuesta (5th year Medicine).
WORK
- Health care in the village, located 200 kilometers from the capital: in the medical dispensary, built a year and a half ago; and visits to the shantytowns scattered around the village.
- Attention to the schools in the area.
project OF FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SAFETY IN GUATEMALA (department Chimaltenango)
July-August : ONAY- ONGD FUDI
STUDENTS Iranzu Ezcurra Acedo (5th year Medicine), Itsaso Sexmilo Ayarra (5th year Medicine), Lucía Rípodas Valencia (6th year Pharmacy + Nutrition), Ander Santamaría Ugarte (6th year Pharmacy + Nutrition).
WORK
- Medical care for the communities
- Weight and height control of the child population
- training to mothers in topic nutritional and various aspects of health and hygiene.
project OF MEDICAL, HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL CARE IN GUATEMALA | Departments de Quetzaltenango, San Marcos y Totonicapán
July - August ONAY - ONGD FUNDAP
STUDENTS Ibon Gurrutxaga Sotés (4th year of Medicine), Kima López Aldabe (4th year of Medicine), Antonia Cladera Font (3rd year of Medicine), Luis Fuertes Valles (5th year of Medicine), Lucía Aznar Gracia (3rd year of Medicine), Candela Lloves Valderrá bano (4th year of Medicine), Rafael Del Pino Alía (1st year of Nursing), Beatriz Pérez Aldrey (3rd year of Pharmacy)
WORK
- training in nursing aspects
- training of volunteers in health and project of food and nutritional security with weight and height control.
CAMPO DE work IN BURGOS | Quintanaloma y Dobro
From May 29th to June 10th : project CET Igea
STUDENTS Pilar Crespo (1st Nursing), Paloma Sopeña (4th Nursing), Eva Bonaut (1st Biology), Gemma Martínez (1st Nursing), María Baselga (3rd Pharmacy), Neus Planellas (2nd Humanities), Ambar García Vargas (3rd Nursing), Inés Valiente (1st Pedagogy), Sol Gragera (4th Communication), Elena Díaz (1st Philosophy + Journalism), Blanca Brutau (1st Philosophy), Gala Mestre (1st Communication).
WORK
- Restoration and refurbishment work for the use of hostels, rural houses and churches.
- Private classes for children in the two localities.
- Accompanying the elderly.
CAMBODIA CONTINUITY SCHOOL PROGRAM | Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville
August | For the Smile of a Child
STUDENTS Pablo Zarauza Pellejero (graduate in Communication in 2010), Ariadna Fontes (PhD student in Medicine), Anna Carbó (3rd year in Pharmacy), Santiago Zarauza Pellejero (2nd year in Teaching).
WORK
- Monitors of leisure and entertainment activities
- Programs of attention and Education of minors during the month of August to give continuity to the Program that the organization Pour un Sourire d'Enfant carries out with the children of Cambodia, from September to June.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES THE TERRAL | El Raval (Barcelona)
June 27th to July 6th : Goroabe (Pamplona) high school Mayor Goroabe (Pamplona)
July 6 to 14 | university club Artaiz (Pamplona)
STUDENTS Rosa González Serrano (1st Law), Carmo Teixiera Duarte (1st Law), Isabel Jarillo Casado (1st Law), Claudia Ozaeta Loyo (1st Law), Lorea Morales Ibáñez (1st Law), Clara Bagüés (1st Law), Mapi Sánchez-Ventura (1st Teaching), Bego García Iturbe (2nd Medicine), Isabel Salazar Lozano (4th Architecture), Elena Bustamante (1st History and Journalism), Judit Borrel (3rd Pharmacy), Miriam Domenech (1st Architecture), Rocío Montuenga (1st Audiovisual Communication), Cristina Frutos (1st History), María García Recalde (2nd Economics), María Guinea (3rd Medicine), Michelle Lezama (2nd Law), Mª del Mar Unceta, (2 spanish medical residency program Psychiatry), Elena Aparicio (3rd Architecture), Mª Luisa Serrano (1st Journalism), María Aranguren (3rd EP Teaching), Ana Corcho (3rd Medicine), Elisabeth Baucells (1st Biology), María Fernández Vigil (3rd Architecture).
WORK
They collaborate with the volunteer activities organized by the NGO El Terral with the children of Raval. It is a summer house in which, from Monday to Friday, from 9.30 to 17.00, different activities are organized depending on the age of the children. In addition, through workshops on values, the aim is to instill in these children virtues such as respect, companionship, generosity, honesty...