GlobeMed at the University of Notre Dame

Our Chapter // GlobeMed at Notre Dame

Founded in 2011, GlobeMed at Notre Dame partners with the Promotion for Education and Development Association (PEDA), a non-profit organization based in Vientiane, Laos. Together we are working to educate communities and prevent TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS and reduce socio-economic and health impacts in vulnerable communities in Laos.

Our Partner // Promotion for Education and Development Association in Vientiane, Laos

PEDA is a grassroots organization in Laos whose mission is to promote local expertise to become key resources to strengthen and develop better human resource quality within the community based upon participatory approaches with the intention effectively reducing social-economic and health impacts to reach development stability. Their current projects target HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria education and prevention, fruit tree and vegetable garden nutrition projects and sustainable livestock income generating projects.

Our Project // $3000 for peer health educator materials

GlobeMed at Notre Dame will be supporting PEDA's missions by raising $3000 towards educational materials that will be used by peer educators to teach vulnerable communities about TB and Malaria. Peer educators are selected and trained to moderate informal group discussions on HIV/AIDS/STI, malaria, TB and other related issues in their group work. PEDA believes that adequate education and training through Participatory Learning Action is the key methodology to allow community members to be more involved and aware of current situations within their communities. With the use of Participatory Learning Action, disadvantaged groups in urban and remote areas will be more aware of health, socio-economic and environmental issues that could be prevented if adequate information were to be obtainable to the community.