BaSiC Initiative and Partners to Build a Health Clinic in Nicaragua

In 2009, under the direction of Sergio Palleroni, the BaSiC Initiative will travel to Nicaragua, in partnership with Portland State University, the Global Studio and Agros International, to work with local residents in an Agros village to plan for and build a health clinic. The clinic will function also as a space for day programs for children and older persons. Program participants will include students from diverse disciplines, including architecture, planning, public health, and engineering, in addition to local residents. This project is the third phase of an ongoing collaboration with the Global Studio, an outreach organization founded by former BaSiC Initiative students, who have been collaborating with AGROS International to address the lack of housing and long term welfare of the migrant worker families in Central America that pick even the fair share coffee we all drink in the US. The clinic represents the 11th clinic by the BaSiC Initiative in Mexico and Central America, as well as Central Africa, thanks to the support of AMD, Urgent Africa, Kellogg Foundation, and the Gates Foundation among others. For past work of students, check out our Design A Village/Change a Life Program at www.basicinitiative.org