Global Brigades

Habitat for Humanity, Global Brigades allow students to make a difference on alternative spring break trips

By the time spring break arrives, many students are feeling burned out and in need of a much-deserved escape from papers and exams. Yet while some choose to venture to laid-back lake houses or breezy, boozy beaches (read: the notorious Panama City Beach), others opt for trips that will help greater charitable causes.

Claudia Vaughan | Senior Scene Editor

Wash. U. students leave a lasting mark: global brigades in Honduras

This winter break, riding in the back of a pickup truck along a bumpy mountain road in Honduras, a small team of Wash. U. students visited the home of a victim of yellow fever. An old woman had come into the village to get medication for her son, and we decided to send a group to her home to see the conditions for ourselves.

The WUSTL Medical and Dental Brigadiers

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