We are so excited for you to follow along with us on our journey to Argentina! I'm Mikayla, a CBU nursing student in my final year, and I'm going to give you some background on this experience and how we got here to travel day!
Every year for the past few years, CBU nursing students in their final year have been given the opportunity to participate in a volunteer, service learning, international nursing experience. This experience gives nursing students a look into what healthcare is like in other countries while providing volunteer services to the communities visited. Experiential learning is what our program is based on, and being culturally aware is a very important part of being a nurse, and being super awesome nurses is the goal right?
So, the magic ingredients to going on the experience: lots of fundraising and community support! For a little less than a year we have been fundraising every way imaginable. Car washes, basket draws, 50/50, an auction, you name it, we did it! But, we couldn't have done it without our community and local businesses donating venues, items, and money towards fundraisers and other costs like the bus from CBU to Halifax. We can't thank everyone enough! Really though, thank you!!
About two months before we left, in preparation for this experience each of us going did research on Argentina and presented our findings to eachother. We covered topic from weather to economic status and cultural beliefs. We also had our guide who we will meeting in country present to us on important topic and letting us know what we will be doing in country.
What will we be doing in Argentina? We will be providing patient support to clients in cancer research and maternal/pediatric hospitals near Buenos Aires. We will also be visiting a community center and providing health education to youth at risk! In between our volunteer work we will also be participating in cultural activities to broaden our understanding such as visiting museums.
This is sure to be an experience of learning and new adventures!
That's it for now and we will update you all throughout our travels!
P.S: Picture is of our fundraiser auction 😊
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