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Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) Programs

Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) Programs. Margarita Dubocq ILAC Program Coordinator. ILAC Center Chapel. Mission Statement.

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Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) Programs

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  1. Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) Programs Margarita Dubocq ILAC Program Coordinator

  2. ILAC Center Chapel

  3. Mission Statement • The ILAC Center in the Dominican Republic is an international, Christian, Ignatian-inspired, collaborative health care and educational organizationthat exists to promote the integral well-being and spiritual growth of all its participants. • All of Creighton’s ILAC programs emphasize the importance of global vision and understanding in the process of education and successful, well-rounded individuals.

  4. Objectives • To improve the health and quality of the life for the Dominican impoverished population. • To educate and promote integral health through the prevention of diseases and practical solutions of sanitation and health maintenance. • As a Christian organization, in the Jesuit tradition, ILAC promotes a faith that does justice, guiding its participants toward greater freedom and commitment to service.

  5. Objectives (Continued) • As a Christian organization, ILAC helps to build communities based on the ideals of love and service. • ILAC strives to promote integral well-being and spiritual growth to all its participants and those it serves. • Through the integration of study, reflection, and experience, the students develop a heightened awareness of the ethical and moral issues that confront them within the third world context and to appreciate another means of how individuals from another culture experience reality.

  6. Creighton Programs • Summer Health Care Program • School of Physical Therapy • School of Occupational Therapy • School of Law • Encuentro Dominicano (Semester Abroad), coordinated thru the Office of International Programs

  7. Summer Health Care Program

  8. School of Physical Therapy

  9. School of Occupational Therapy

  10. School of Law

  11. Encuentro Dominicano

  12. Additional Creighton Programs • Water Quality (Chemistry) Program • OB/GYN Elective for Medical Students • Preventive Ophthalmology Elective for Medical Students • Rural Health Elective for Medical Students

  13. Water Quality (Chemistry) Program

  14. OB/GYN Elective for Medical Students

  15. High School Programs • Creighton Prep • Duchesne Academy • Marian High School • St. Albert’s High School • Scotus High School • Marquette University High School • Gonzaga High School • St. Ignatius High School • McQuaid Jesuit High School

  16. HS Students Building Latrines

  17. Other Colleges/Universities • St. Joseph’s University • Loyola University Chicago Medical School • Ithaca College

  18. Professionals’ Programs • Individuals • Groups: • American Hernia Society (led by CUMC Surgeons) • Preventive Ophthalmology Program (led by CU Faculty, Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD) • Outpatient Orthopedic Team (led by CU Alum, John Staeheli, MD)

  19. Hernia Team

  20. Dominican Programs • Health Care: - Cooperadores - Rural Clinics (Medical and Dental) - Surgical Center • Water • Agriculture • Community Centers • Education

  21. ILAC Cooperadores

  22. ILAC Salud Rural Surgical Center

  23. ILAC Center & ILAC Office • The ILAC (Institute for Latin American Concern) / CESI (Centro de Educación para la Salud Integral) Center is located in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and is a non profit Jesuit institution that houses volunteers who serve the rural areas of the Dominican Republic. • The ILAC Office is part of Creighton's University Ministry division, and its purpose is to coordinate the groups that go to the ILAC/CESI Center in the Dominican Republic.

  24. ILAC Office Staff • Jim Howell-Burke - Director, ILAC Omaha  • Margarita Dubocq - Program Coordinator   • Marlena Minshall –Senior Administrative Specialist

  25. Contact Us • Address: Criss III Building, Room 262 • Phone Numbers: (402)280-3179 or 1-800-343-3645 • Fax: (402)280-1889 • E-mail: ilac@creighton.edu • Website: http://www.creighton.edu/ILAC

  26. The End (Parking Lot)

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