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HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADESINFORMATION SESSION
MONTH DAY, YEAR
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES
GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSIONTo empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities
GLOBAL BRIGADES VISIONTo improve equality of life, by igniting the largest student-led social responsibility movement on the planet.
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION - PROGRAMS
To empower volunteers, Global Brigades offers
10 skill-based programs
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHERE WE WORK
COUNTRIES SELECTED BASED ON:
• Large need in rural areas• Strong community partnerships• Logistically feasible• Safe for volunteers
NEEDS THAT GLOBAL BRIGADES ADDRESSES:
• Basic services• Healthcare• Economic
Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ghana
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND COUNTRIES
Ghana Panama
DentalMedical
MicrofinanceWater
BusinessDental
EnvironmentalHuman Rights
MedicalMicrofinance
MedicalPublic Health
NicaraguaHonduras
BusinessArchitecture
DentalEngineering
MedicalMicrofinancePublic Health
Water
Programs offered in each country
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND COUNTRIES
Ghana Panama
DentalMedical
MicrofinanceWater
BusinessDental
EnvironmentalHuman Rights
MedicalMicrofinance
MedicalPublic Health
NicaraguaHonduras
BusinessArchitecture
DentalEngineering
MedicalMicrofinancePublic Health
Water
Programs offered in each country
WHY PANAMA?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL PANAMA STATISTICS
• Typical family lives on less than $2 per day
• Average level of education is approximately 5th grade
• 80% have no secure land title for their property
• Typically no lawyers within a 120-mile radius
• Community members have no access to legal services
• Communities in remote areas have little awareness of legal rights or concepts
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
GUATEMALA
BELIZE
EL SALVADOR
HONDURAS
PANAMA
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES
FOR EVERY FIVE HUMAN RIGHTSVOLUNTEERS
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ONE FAMILYCAN RECEIVE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDS
LAW IS CONNECTED TO• Education• Human rights• Economic potential
LEGAL AID• Empowers community members with legal
knowledge• Helps bridge the gap between cultural practices
and legal procedure
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL ISSUES?• Family law
- Child support, formalizing civil unions, divorce, domestic violence• Business rights• Women’s rights• Criminal cases
HOW DOES HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES HELP?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHAT IS HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES
• The mission of Human Rights Brigades is to empower rural communities in Panama to overcome the obstacles that often impede the fundamental human right of access to justice through legal counsel and educational workshops
• Volunteers shadow and assist lawyers as they take on cases with individual families and provide legal consulting to community members
• Human Rights Brigades also work to educate school-aged children about their fundamental human rights
• The Brigade project has 4 main components: legal clinics, family law cases, education workshops, and civic engagement & empowerment
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMUNITY SELECTION• Based on
- Access to lawyers- Community commitment
SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS• Building civic engagement and empowerment
- Creating community action groups with adults and children
- Educate community members with basic legal concepts• In-country staff
- Follow up with community action groups on all workshop materials so they can be a source of
information for community members- Encourage deeper relationships between the
families and students- In between brigades, work to secure legal
outcomes
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – HUMAN RIGHTS TEAM
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES TEAM
• Leads your brigade• Performs community follow-up • Trains community leaders• Updates the website and sends out newsletters
to past and future volunteers• Builds community relations
- Works with community in preparation for brigade arrival
- Works with community post-brigade to do follow up work
HOW CAN YOUHELP?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHY WE WANT YOU
YOUR BENEFITS• Contribute to sustainable change
- Provide communities access to legal aid and services
• Education application- Hands-on legal experience
- International development exposure
- Help create micro-community solutions while respecting and learning about local culture- Spanish language immersion
COMMUNITY BENEFITS• Students empower community members• Students provide access to legal resources• Students contribute to the education of
community members
WHAT DOES ABRIGADE LOOK LIKE?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAY 1: ARRIVAL & INTRODUCTION
• Transportation to lodging facility- Electricity- Showers and bathrooms- Beds and bed linens
• Panama and Law introduction- Rural communities- What are human rights?- Needs you will be addressing- Why legal assistance makes a difference
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAY 2: COMMUNITY INTRODUCTION & WORKSHOP PREPARATION
COMMUNITY INTRODUCTION• Provide cultural exchange and context for brigade
workweek• Community leaders meeting
- Question and answer- Leaders’ perspectives
• Plan for the week and prepare for educational workshops
• Break the ice and develop trust among community members
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAYS 3, 4, 5: LEGAL CLINICS, FAMILY CASES, WORKSHOPS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
LEGAL CLINICS• Access to knowledge of one’s legal rights is often
a luxury that escapes many in rural communities, despite its universality as a human right
• Students shadow Panamanian lawyers• Students walk the clients through their case
- Follow step-by-step guide- Help client fill out paperwork
• By providing free legal clinics, volunteers, with the help of Panamanian lawyers, offer legal advice to communities, families, and individuals with unresolved disputes or questions
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAYS 3, 4, 5: LEGAL CLINICS, FAMILY CASES, WORKSHOPS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
FAMILY CASES• Institutional inefficiencies and complications in
the Panamanian legal system can result in cases going unresolved for years at a time
• This results in a highly expensive and time-consuming process, that leaves low-resourced families unable to cover the costs of a lawyer
• Global Brigades’ lawyers find and select family law cases to present to volunteers, including child custody, alimony, divorce, domestic violence, and criminal cases
• Volunteers perform intake procedures and interviews that can be used by GB lawyers to help resolve cases that would have gone unattended to or unresolved for years
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAYS 3, 4, 5: LEGAL CLINICS, FAMILY CASES, WORKSHOPS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS• Education is a crucial resource that drives
empowerment• Volunteers will develop educational materials
and deliver workshops on a variety of topics, including:
- What are human rights?- Work contracts- Research tools and methods- Children’s rights
- Bullying- Civic duty and responsibility
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAY 6: CULTURAL CELEBRATION
• Morning can be used as time to wrap up any additional lessons or follow up that volunteers feel is necessary
• Volunteers meet with community members to thank them
• Volunteers have the opportunity to experience the local culture with shows of:
- Traditional song and dance- Artisan hand-made crafts- Educational exchange
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
DAY 7: NEXT STEPS AND DEPARTURE
• Start planning for next brigade- Set goals- Leadership positions
• Share experiences with donors, friends, & family• Get connected via GB networks
- Updates on your community and project• Learn and share about legal issues around the
world• Access membership benefits
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PRE-DEPARTURE PREPARATION
PRE-BRIGADE CURRICULUM
• 6 pre-Brigade lesson plans• Includes program- and country-specific
education resources and group discussions to fully prepare for your Brigade
• To preview lessons, go to the Volunteer Resources Site (https://www.globalbrigades.org/volunteer-tools-home)
• Ask the Chapter Education Chair or Chapter President to find out when lesson plans will occur
HOW DO I SIGNUP?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – TOTAL CONTRIBUTION
HOW IS YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADE FUNDED?• Volunteers’ Program Contribution:
- $890 (Panama) - Brigade expenses - Program sustainability- Project Fund
- Airfare: Variable
PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION DETAILS• 7 day program• Accommodations & meals (vegetarian options available)• Clean drinking water• Airport pick-up and drop-off• In-country transportation• Spanish translators and coordinators, and security• Program sustainability and follow-up between brigades• Project Fund: $100
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RESOURCES FOR YOU
FUNDRAISING TOOL www.empowered.org• Send links of brigade project information to donors • Create personalized profile to share with your donors• Track donation progress on individual and group level
STUDENT RESOURCE SITEhttps://www.globalbrigades.org/volunteer-tools-home • Brigade planning materials• Collection of reports from past brigades• Community profiles• Frequently asked questions
IN-COUNTRY ADVISING TEAM• Team of trained staff in Panama• Share best practices for all aspects of brigade preparation• Answer questions about brigade and community
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact your advisor for information about Human Rights Brigades in Panama
Don’t know who your advisor is?
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADES INFO SESSION – JOIN THE NEXT BRIGADE
NAME LAST NAMEPresidentEmailPhone Number
NAME LAST NAMEPresidentEmailPhone Number
QUESTIONS?
QUESTIONS?Don’t Hesitate to Ask
