GlobeMed at University of Michigan

Who We Are // GlobeMed at University of Michigan

Founded in 2006, GlobeMed at UMich is one of 46 GlobeMed chapters working to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world. We partner with Tiyatien Health, a community-based health organization in rural Liberia, to improve access to high quality healthcare and promote health broadly for rural Liberians.

Our Partner // Tiyatien Health in Zwedru, Liberia

In post-war Liberia, there is minimal access to healthcare, with only 51 doctors serving the country as of 2005. Tiyatien Health is countering these odds with their accompanier program, where local community health workers provide home-based care, accompany patients to and from the public clinic, and link patients to social and economic support. As a partner to Tiyatien Health, GlobeMed at the University of Michigan is raising funds to provide the often-overlooked operational support for this innovative model of community health.

Our Project // Supporting Tiyatien Health with $6000 of unrestricted operational funds to enable the organization to continue to rebuild Liberia's war-torn healthcare delivery system, and to shift the paradigm around global partnerships for health.

The goal of our project is to raise at least $6,000 to support Tiyatien Health in the area that most donors don’t – operational costs. These costs can range from supporting infrastructural costs of TH’s community health worker program to purchasing fuel for the generator or motorbikes that are instrumental to TH’s functioning in rural Liberia. These are the types of costs that limit the work of many grassroots organizations, since donors rarely fund them. The GlobeMed at UMich chapter hopes to prove that supporting an organization in these areas is one of the most effective ways to implement real change around the world. Tiyatien Health and the Globemed at UMich chapter hope to embody a partnership based on true solidarity, and hope that you will support our bold endeavor.