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Largest Countries by Landmass 1. Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
2. Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles) 3. China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles) 4. USA 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles) 5. Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles) 6. Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles) 7. India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles) 8. Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles) 9. Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles) 10. Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)
Primeros Pasos – InterAmerican Health Alliance
Primeros Pasos/ IAHA is a NGO founded by VU medical student Brent Savoie
Offers preventative pediatric care to over 1000 patients/ month outside of Quetzaltenango
InterAmerican Health Alliance is housed at Vanderbilt
Alternative Spring Break site since 2005
Approved clinical rotation for VU medical students
Midwifery/ School of Nursing
CLAS and Vanderbilt School of Nursing offer an optional one semester add-on to the midwifery program
Vanderbilt midwife nurses work with midwives and Primeros Pasos medical clinic to support women’s health initiatives
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital – Shalom Foundation alliance
≈ 2 surgical missions per year to Guatemala
Rotations for pediatric interns at Manos de Amor health & dental clinic
The Moore Center for Children’s Health will open in 2010 in Zone 1 of Guatemala City
Biomedical EngineeringService learning
course developed and taught by Cynthia Paschal (Spring 2009, Spring 2010)
During Spring Break students work on medical equipment at Shalom surgery center in Guatemala City
Targets students from the Universidad del Valle for graduate student recruitment
Vanderbilt Owen School of
ManagementCollaboration between
CLAS and Owen faculty and students
Applying Project Pyramid model to create economic development opportunities in Guatemala
Program in K’iche’ Mayan
Center receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education to teach Mayan languages
Intensive K’iche’ Summer Program in Nahuala; sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies and the University of Chicago (offered 2008, 2010)
Vanderbilt Cancuén Archaeology Project
Cancuén Archaeology Park is located on the Passion River in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Directed by Vanderbilt Professor Arthur Demarest
Trains students from Universidad de San Carlos and Universidad del Valle
Integrates local development and health projects and eco-tourism opportunities
ConexiónGuatemala
ConexiónGuatemala brings together humanitarian mission efforts based in Nashville and focused on Guatemala
CLAS facilitates meetings and manages member listserve, directory of local organizations working in Guatemala, and calendar of mission trips to Guatemala
Institute for Coffee Studies
Housed at CLASInvestigates the health
benefits of coffee and historical, economic, and social aspects of the crop
Director Peter Martin has met with leaders of ANACAFE (Asociación Nacional del Café) to explore how to strengthen ties
Opportunity to build health and economic development projects in collaboration
VISAGE Guatemala CourseVanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship
and Global EngagementInnovative program that combines
service-learning and summer study abroad
Medicine, Health & Society course “Health, Development, and Culture in Guatemala” offered 2010
Vanderbilt undergraduate students will study the history, culture, and political economy of Guatemala in Spring semester
Students apply this knowledge during four weeks of fieldwork in the Primeros Pasos clinic in May and June