International Scholarship to Costa Rica
 
Application Deadline: November 1, 2016.
 
Date of Team Participation: May 27, 2017.
 
Program Description: Fourteen day participation as a volunteer member of a Global Health Team administered by International Service Learning ("ISL") in Costa Rica (see additional information below).
 
What ISL Volunteers Do: "ISL teams identify the needs of a community by performing public health surveys and referring those in need to an ISL field clinic. At the clinic, volunteers participate, under the direct supervision of local, licensed health professionals, with patient interviews, taking vital signs, performing basic triage, and filling prescriptions. Volunteers also have the opportunity to closely observe the examination, diagnosis, and treatment process. Teams are led by professional staff and accompanied by bilingual assistants." Please note that level of participation is as involved as each team member is comfortable with.
 
Description: \\SERVER\Users\ARamirez\My Documents\Downloads\179.JPGA Sample Itinerary of two week program:
Day One: Arrive at San Jose airport, attend orientation, change money, settle into guest house, rest
Day Two: Practical and Medical Orientation – Tropical Medicine, Taking Vital Signs, Pharmacology, House Clinic-Community Triage, Spanish for Health Professionals. Evening -Natural Medicine Seminar
Day Three:  House clinic in urban community. Evening – med class 
Day Four:  Clinic in urban community. Evening – med seminar 
Day Five:  Clinic in urban shanty community. Evening – med seminar
Day Six:  Depart for rural community. Evening – activity with the community
Day Seven:  House clinic in rural community. Evening – med seminar
Day Eight:  Clinic in rural community. Evening – injection class 
Day Nine:  Clinic in rural community. Evening – activity with the community 
Day Ten:  Recreation day
Day Eleven:  Travel back to Metropolitan area 
Day Twelve:  Visit orphanage. Evening – case presentation 
Day Thirteen:  Recreation day at Los Chorros Waterfall and Sarchí Craft Village. Evening – last meeting
Day Fourteen:  Depart for home
Please Note:  This is a sample - exact schedule will vary and will be determined solely by ISL.
 
Description: C:\Documents and Settings\aramirez\Desktop\2014 Updated CRS docs\CR Scholars with Rural Family.JPGQualifications for Selection:
1) Must have completed by time of departure two years of college or university study and with a declared major compatible with any one of the following Focus Areas of Rotary:
• Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
• Disease Prevention and Treatment
• Water and Sanitation
• Maternal and Child Health
• Basic Education and Literacy
• Economic and Community Development
2) Must be sponsored by a Rotary Club in District 5930 and reside in District 5930, attend college or university in District 5930 or have graduated from a high school in District 5930 (Rotarians and family members of Rotarians not eligible). Membership in a Rotaract Club does not affect eligibility.
 
Selection Process: Competitive Interviews conducted by the District 5930 Scholarship Sub-committee on November 12, 2016.
 
Number of Scholarships: Maximum number of Scholarships available for 2016 is three.
 
Description: C:\Documents and Settings\aramirez\Desktop\Rotary\GGS and CR Schol for Rotary updated\CRS Scholars photos 2014\CRS Carloina 5.JPGEXPENSES PAID BY ROTARY DISCRICT 5930: ISL registration fees, tuition, room and board (some meals are included in this cost too) for specific May 2017 program and round trip coach air fare (including airport departure tax) from Corpus Christi, Victoria, McAllen or Laredo to San Jose Costa Rica (air transportation arranged by Rotary District 5930). All expenses of a personal nature, including cost of passport, some lunches and personal medical equipment like a stethoscope, are responsibility of the applicant.
 
ISL, WHICH PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, IS A SEPARATE ENTITY NOT AFFILIATED WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL - OR ROTARY DISTRICT 5930. ROTARY DISTRICT 5930'S INVOLVEMENT IS LIMITED TO THE PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED ABOVE.
Additional Requirements: Selected applicants must be available to make presentations to their Sponsoring Rotary Club and Rotary 5930 District Conference in Spring of 2017 and during 2017-18 school year (i.e., before and after trip).
For more information specifically about ISL, please visit their website: www.islonline.org
For more information about the scholarship, please contact Ellison Crider at ellisoncrider@gmail.com
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