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"Water Safety, Education, Poverty, Health, Human Rights" |
Without a nearby safe water source, women and children make multiple trips daily walking countless miles and spending hundreds of hours fetching their drinking water from dangerous polluted water sources. Children, often young girls, are kept from going to school to collect the dirty and contaminated water that frequently induces water-borne illness causing students to fall behind from missing classes. Ultimately, when the children do not attend school, they are not prepared to work outside of the home. Unable to earn an income, they remain in a cycle of poverty. Among the top ten leading causes of death in the world is diarrhea, estimated to have accounted for 1.5 million deaths in 2012, the majority of these deaths were preventable by having access to clean water.
Addressing the issues above, Youth for Global Health & Social Justice (Y4GH) stays close to its mission to support young people as leaders who will work to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for our global community and to promote open dialogue about social injustice that impacts the human right to water for all.
A signature trade mark of Y4GH is our global travel. The more we connect with others that are different than us, the more we can empathize through differences. It is so easy to judge a culture from afar, but once you know the people there, you are able to put yourself in their shoes. Through these connections and empathy created, you can make a difference in the lives of others and help others fight injustices they may be facing.
With a focus on water safety, education, poverty, health, and human rights Y4GH prepares the way for leaders of tomorrow.
Addressing the issues above, Youth for Global Health & Social Justice (Y4GH) stays close to its mission to support young people as leaders who will work to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for our global community and to promote open dialogue about social injustice that impacts the human right to water for all.
A signature trade mark of Y4GH is our global travel. The more we connect with others that are different than us, the more we can empathize through differences. It is so easy to judge a culture from afar, but once you know the people there, you are able to put yourself in their shoes. Through these connections and empathy created, you can make a difference in the lives of others and help others fight injustices they may be facing.
With a focus on water safety, education, poverty, health, and human rights Y4GH prepares the way for leaders of tomorrow.
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2017
JULY
Youth for Global Health students visit Warsaw, Poland in collaboration with the organization Breaking Walls. Students volunteered at the Children's Hospice of Warsaw. Cultural immersion included a visit to the Jewish Ghettos and travel to Auschwitz and a visit to the concentration and death camps.
OCTOBER
Dr. Simmons visits Cape Town, South Africa in partnership with Rainbow Dreams Trust to discuss water project in Masiphumulele, a township outside of Cape Town.
Acquired 501 (C) 3 organization with a mission to support young people as leaders who will work to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for our global community and to promote open dialogue about social injustice that impacts the human right to water for all.
2018
MARCH
Students traveled to South Bend, Indiana for a mid-year conference visiting both clean and waste water treatment facilities sharing their knowledge of those facilities. The visit was hosted by GTA containers, one of the largest government contractors in the country. GTA Containers manufactures a complete system of collapsible containers (drums and pillow tanks) to handle the temporary storage, transportation, and delivery of drinking water, fuel, liquid food products, and fluid solids (grains, rice, etc.)
JULY
Youth for Global Health Students visit Santiago, Chile to study the mechanics of LaFarfana Water Treatment facility and it's biofactory. LaFarfana is the largest waste water treatment facility in Latin America. As part of their cultural immersion, students were invited to the Presidential Palace and had an audience with the Minister of Interior to discuss water in Chile.
2019
MARCH
Youth for Global Health traveled to South Bend, Indiana for mid-year conference. Students visited water treatment facilities and as part of their cultural immersion, visited the Basilica at Notre Dame, the largest Basilica out side of the Vatican City in Rome. Students said prayers and lit candles at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine on the campus of Notre Dame University. The visit was sponsored by GTA Containers.
JULY
Y4GH Students traveled to Dakar, Senegal studying water quality and waterborne disease. For cultural immersion students spent the day at Gor'ee Island off the coast of Dakar. The island is best known for its role in the 15th - 19th century Atlantic slave trade.
2020
MARCH
Although Youth for Global Health planned major events in Flint, Michigan for World Water Day, the world stood still and so did Y4GH as the pandemic ravaged the globe.
JANUARY
Y4GH was designated a partner organization to the United Nations for its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal #6, clean water and sanitation for all.
2021
JULY
Work Around the World for Water (WAWW) is an initiative within Youth for Global Health & Social Justice (Y4GH), a seven-country collaborative encompassing: Cameroon, Ghana, Haiti, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Working with committed young people our focus is Sustainable Development Goal #6, defined by the United Nations as "Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." The goal for this initiative is to build at least one well in each of these countries
WAWW encourages young people to think holistically about water, understanding that cross-cutting themes, or additional areas intersect with clean water and sanitation, Core training for young people is done through our virtual global classroom.
OCTOBER
Y4GH published its first edition of Water Ways the official magazine of Youth for Global Health & Social Justice. The first publication had nearly 900 readers.
2022
MARCH
Site visit team leaves for Ghana where Y4GH will build it's first well. The team, Francis Momah (Sierra Leone),
Drew Williams (Zimbabwae) and Jimel Primm (United States), will visit hotels, cultural sites, and the site for the well and report their findings in preparation for the full delegation visit July 6-15.
MAY
Y4GH visits Haiti to participate in a national housing summit. Y4GH will build it's first well in Haiti this year. We are currently working with two organizations in Haiti: Okap Kombit in Cap Haitien and Servants of the Living Water in Jacmel.
JULY
Youth for Global Health students visit Warsaw, Poland in collaboration with the organization Breaking Walls. Students volunteered at the Children's Hospice of Warsaw. Cultural immersion included a visit to the Jewish Ghettos and travel to Auschwitz and a visit to the concentration and death camps.
OCTOBER
Dr. Simmons visits Cape Town, South Africa in partnership with Rainbow Dreams Trust to discuss water project in Masiphumulele, a township outside of Cape Town.
Acquired 501 (C) 3 organization with a mission to support young people as leaders who will work to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for our global community and to promote open dialogue about social injustice that impacts the human right to water for all.
2018
MARCH
Students traveled to South Bend, Indiana for a mid-year conference visiting both clean and waste water treatment facilities sharing their knowledge of those facilities. The visit was hosted by GTA containers, one of the largest government contractors in the country. GTA Containers manufactures a complete system of collapsible containers (drums and pillow tanks) to handle the temporary storage, transportation, and delivery of drinking water, fuel, liquid food products, and fluid solids (grains, rice, etc.)
JULY
Youth for Global Health Students visit Santiago, Chile to study the mechanics of LaFarfana Water Treatment facility and it's biofactory. LaFarfana is the largest waste water treatment facility in Latin America. As part of their cultural immersion, students were invited to the Presidential Palace and had an audience with the Minister of Interior to discuss water in Chile.
2019
MARCH
Youth for Global Health traveled to South Bend, Indiana for mid-year conference. Students visited water treatment facilities and as part of their cultural immersion, visited the Basilica at Notre Dame, the largest Basilica out side of the Vatican City in Rome. Students said prayers and lit candles at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine on the campus of Notre Dame University. The visit was sponsored by GTA Containers.
JULY
Y4GH Students traveled to Dakar, Senegal studying water quality and waterborne disease. For cultural immersion students spent the day at Gor'ee Island off the coast of Dakar. The island is best known for its role in the 15th - 19th century Atlantic slave trade.
2020
MARCH
Although Youth for Global Health planned major events in Flint, Michigan for World Water Day, the world stood still and so did Y4GH as the pandemic ravaged the globe.
JANUARY
Y4GH was designated a partner organization to the United Nations for its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal #6, clean water and sanitation for all.
2021
JULY
Work Around the World for Water (WAWW) is an initiative within Youth for Global Health & Social Justice (Y4GH), a seven-country collaborative encompassing: Cameroon, Ghana, Haiti, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Working with committed young people our focus is Sustainable Development Goal #6, defined by the United Nations as "Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." The goal for this initiative is to build at least one well in each of these countries
WAWW encourages young people to think holistically about water, understanding that cross-cutting themes, or additional areas intersect with clean water and sanitation, Core training for young people is done through our virtual global classroom.
OCTOBER
Y4GH published its first edition of Water Ways the official magazine of Youth for Global Health & Social Justice. The first publication had nearly 900 readers.
2022
MARCH
Site visit team leaves for Ghana where Y4GH will build it's first well. The team, Francis Momah (Sierra Leone),
Drew Williams (Zimbabwae) and Jimel Primm (United States), will visit hotels, cultural sites, and the site for the well and report their findings in preparation for the full delegation visit July 6-15.
MAY
Y4GH visits Haiti to participate in a national housing summit. Y4GH will build it's first well in Haiti this year. We are currently working with two organizations in Haiti: Okap Kombit in Cap Haitien and Servants of the Living Water in Jacmel.