Curamericas Global Maternal Projects Grant Writing

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Willow (L) and Alexandra (R) calling each other to discuss their current readings and presentation they must discuss that week
Willow (L) and Alexandra (R) calling each other to discuss their current readings and presentation they must discuss that week

Hello! My name is Willow, and I am an MPH student in the Global Health concentration. Some of my primary public health interests are maternal and child health, women’s health, health equity, and LGBTQ+ health. For my practicum this summer I will be working with Curamericas Global, working on grant writing for one of their partnered maternal mortality projects. Curamericas Global is a community-centered organization that partners with underserved communities to make sustainable improvement in overall health and well-being. I have one partner who is also an MPH student working with me this summer named Alexandra! So far, we have been researching and reading about different models and methodologies like the CBIO methodology and Care Groups.

Slide from Care Group Model presentation given to preceptor. Slide is discussing how to get ready to implement the care group model within a community. First is looking towards eligibility and criteria to determine if this model will even work, and then preparing a budget, timeline, and beginning recruitment and training of project staff. Source: Laughlin, M. (2004). The Care Group Difference: A Guide to Mobilizing Community-Based Volunteer Health Educators. World Relief
Slide from Care Group Model presentation given to preceptor. Slide is discussing how to get ready to implement the care group model within a community. First is looking towards eligibility and criteria to determine if this model will even work, and then preparing a budget, timeline, and beginning recruitment and training of project staff. Source: Laughlin, M. (2004). The Care Group Difference: A Guide to Mobilizing Community-Based Volunteer Health Educators. World Relief

After this, we will begin shifting to looking at actual projects, literature reviews, and identifying possible donors for the grant proposal we must write. During this position, I look forward to reaching out to grant donors that I identified and improving my ability to create a full grant proposal, including a budget! These are tasks that I expect to have to complete in my career and I am excited to have the opportunity to apply these skills now!

-Willow