Cross Cultural Education and Service Program
Location:
Siuna, Nicaragua
Description:
The five CCESP principles:
- Education
- Immersion
- Service
- Reflection
- Cultural Exchange
The CCESP team, comprised of Dartmouth Undergraduates, Graduate Students from the Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Faculty of the School, is divided into three teams: Clinical, Construction, and Agriculture. Each December, the teams travel for two weeks to the village of Siuna and other more remote regions of Nicaragua.
The clinical team works towards increasing health education by conducting workshops for community members and local health practitioners on topics ranging from nutrition to safe sex. This team also sets up specialty clinics dealing with specific diseases, such as malaria and TB, or with more general health concerns, such as malnutrition and childhood vaccinations
The construction and agriculture teams spend a majority of the time living and working in the rural communities surrounding Siuna. The agriculture team spends the time building communal gardens in order to help alleviate some of the problems caused by malnutrition. Meanwhile, the construction team addresses health issues by building structures that are needed by the community such as medical clinics and composting latrines.
Related Programs
- Belarus Cross Cultural Service Project
- and others
Related Courses
- The Biology and Politics of Starvation (CoCo/Envs 9)
- Culture, Class, and Community in Contemporary Mesoamerica (Anth 35)
- Culture, Economy, and Development Policy in the World’s Poorer Regions (Anth 46)
- Ecology, Culture, and Environment (Anth 75)
- Natural Resources, Development, and the Environment(Envs 39)
- Water Resources Management and Policy (Geog 14)
- Food and Power(Geog 15)
- The Political Economy of Development (Geog 16)
- Geopolitics and Third World Development (Geog 17)
- Economic Geography and Globalization (Geog 20)
- Institutions and Accountability in Latin America (Govt 84.11)
Contacts
- The Tucker Foundation site for Cross Cultural Education and Service Program
- DJ Wolff '07, Student Director, December 2004
- Natalie Koch '07, Chief of Operations, December 2004
- Susan Linsey, Faculty Advisor, December 2004
- Sally Ricketts, Faculty Advisor, December 2004
- Stuart Lord, Faculty Advisor, December 2004
Entry information
- Categories: Education, Food and Water Security, Health, Shelter
- Keywords: nutrition, shelter, malaria