International

International Aid
Study Abroad

International Aid

Alternative Spring Break: $100–$1,000

Alternative Spring Break is an entirely student-led organization that runs service trips during University breaks that enable students to pursue volunteer work around the world. During Spring Break 2008, a trip to Peru will involve 12 students working in orphanages and schools in impoverished communities and assist in reconstruction efforts after a devastating earthquake in August 2007. Donations for this trip will fund airfare and enable the purchase of supplies for reconstruction. 

Nursing Students Without Borders: $40–$4,000

Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB) was established by students at U.Va. in 1999 and continues to operate in a Jeffersonian spirit as a completely student-run organization.  The group's goal is to make a sustainable impact on underserved communities abroad by: launching health education initiatives, outlining a network to access health care resources within a community, and distributing material donations.  A key project is to build a much-needed new health clinic in San Sebastian, El Salvador in partnership with the local Red Cross.  NSWB has been working with the San Sebastian community for over eight years and has made great strides in health education, working in particular with local midwives on pre- and post-natal care protocols.  A gift of $40 or $400 would assist with necessary supplies for the next NSWB trip to El Salvador.  A gift of $4,000 or more would help to bring the clinic construction one step closer. 

School of Engineering and Applied Science—Engineering Students Without Borders: $30–$3,000

Engineering Students Without Borders gives engineering students opportunities to put their training to work solving real problems in impoverished regions of the world. The U.Va. chapter has tackled projects in South Africa, Cameroon, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Funding is needed for travel costs, lodging, meals, and materials. It costs about $3,000 for one student and about $30,000 for a group of 10 students to travel overseas to work on a project for several months.

School of Nursing—International Women's Health Service Learning Projects: $40–$4,000

Nursing students travel around the globe to address major international health issues that affect women and children. Areas of focus include prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, protection of orphans and vulnerable children, and gender-rights advocacy. A gift of $4,000 will cover the average cost of travel and in-country expenses for a student engaged in one of these projects.

U.Va. Health System—Center for Global Health Scholarships: $2,000–$5,000

Fighting the diseases of poverty calls for worldwide cooperation. U.Va.'s Center for Global Health sponsors projects in education and preventive care as crucial first steps toward alleviating the diseases of poverty. Annual gifts of $2,000 to $5,000 provide scholarships to U.Va. students and researchers from across Grounds to address these issues with colleagues in developing areas in the United States and overseas.

Study Abroad

College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences—Study Abroad Gift Fund: $500–$2,500

Contributions to the Arts & Sciences Study Abroad Gift Fund will enable the dean of the College to provide financial support to various study abroad programs administered through the University's International Studies Office. This helps to keep the overall cost of study-abroad programs down, as well as making possible scholarship support for individual students who would otherwise not be able to afford study-abroad opportunities.

McIntire Department of Art—Student Travel Funds: $2,000

Aspiring, young, undergraduate studio artists often use slides, digital projections, and book illustrations to study great works of art and architecture. But nothing can replace the direct personal experience of powerful paintings, sculptures, and historic buildings. While travel itself is invaluable for students of art, it is even more important for them to study abroad, living and learning in contact with the art, languages, and cultures that created the art. A gift of $2,000 will help a student participate in a study-abroad program for a year, semester, summer, or January-Term, whether sponsored by U.Va. or another university.