Physicians for Human Rights, Wright State University Chapter

This December, Wright State medical students are partnering with campus departments, local businesses, and community members to sponsor tuition for two children at Ngando Preparatory School in Lenana, Kenya. 

Boonshoft School of Medicine medical students affiliated with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Wright State University Chapter, are holding a holiday fundraising raffle to provide for the education of two children in Kenya. The raffle event and giveaway will be held Thursday, December 6 at noon in Room 120 of White Hall on Wright State’s Campus, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway.

Tickets are $1/ticket or 6 for $5.

Second-year medical student, Loren Schindler-Gavaghan volunteered this past summer in a primary school teaching children in the slums of Lenana near Nairobi, Kenya. She came back to the United States with a passion to help improve access to education for the children of Kenya. Her efforts have led to PHR sponsoring two children in that country for one year of education. The children are Sharon (age 7) and Ali (age 9). 

Physicians for Human Rights’ vision is to mobilize the health professions to advance the health and dignity of all people by protecting human rights. As a founding member of the International Campaign to ban landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. This year, one of Wright State’s PHR chapter’s primary campaigns is global education. In areas of deep poverty or historical conflict, education is seen as the key to improving health conditions. The students working with PHR believe that they can make a difference for these children in Lenana, Kenya, by providing the opportunity for Sharon and Ali to attend school in the coming year. Through this we can be a part of improving conditions for the whole community.

Sponsors for the event raffle include many Wright State University and School of Medicine Departments: Community Health, Interdisciplinary Teaching Labs, Theatre, Bookstore, and Campus Dining, as well as faculty and students involved in the Wright State Chapters of the American Medical Association, Student National Medical Association, and Global Health Initiative. Local merchants who have generously made donations to this event include: Bath and Body Works, Brio Tuscan Grille, Cheesecake Factory, Frisch’s Big Boy, Therapy Café, and Trader Joe’s.

For tickets or more information contact Loren Schindler-Gavaghanat: schindler-gavagh.2@wright.edu or Larry Goldenberg, goldenberg.2@wright.edu

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Items to be Raffled December 6 Noon WH 120

Estimated value indicated when possible

Gift cards

Therapy Café $25

Global Gallery (fair trade retail shop in Yellow Springs) $25 sponsored by Department of Community Health

Frisch’s Big Boy $20

Young’s Dairy - 2 family fun passports (free ice cream, food, golfing, and batting, expire Dec 2008, $25 each)

Cheesecake Factory $25

Jeet $25 sponsored by AMS

Café Istanbul $25 sponsored by AMS

Baskets

WSU Theatre Basket:  4 tickets to WSU production, "Lady, Be Good!" showing May and June 2008

Physicians for Human Rights basket:  PHR water bottle, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur CD (John Lennon songs remade by contemporary artists, $14), 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa (by Stephanie Nolen, $25), authentic necklace scarf, ornamental bowl, and photo display from Kenya

Amy Ledyard basket:  Bath and Body Works Basket "All the Best Wishes Warm Vanilla Sugar" (shower gel, bubble bath, body lotion, body splash, candle, sponge, and stuffed bear, $59) and Lambie nap blanket ($55) from Amy Ledyard and the team at Bath and Body Works Fairfield Commons upper level

WSU Bookstore basket:  One large Champion WSU sweatshirt hoodie (gray, $50) and two large "Get Rowdy" tshirts (green, $5 each).  Sizes can be exchanged! 

Dr. Mary White basket:  Zapatista coffee (organic, whole beans, 1lb, $12), chocolate bar, two energy efficient light bulbs ($6), Complications (a collection of essays by Atul Gawande, $14), and Kitchen Table Wisdom:  Stories that Heal (by Rachel Remen, $10)

Global Health Initiative basket:  coffee, big coffee mug, globe ornament, Nutella, Nag Champa incense, German chocolate, Tanzanian chocolate, peach gummies (Japan), ginger chews (Indonesia), Haribo twin cherries (German)

Local photography basket:  landscape photography from Wright State and surrounding area by WSU MBA student Lily Gao

IDTL basket:  appetizers and snacks

The Study-aholic’s Toolkit by AMA:  $10 gift cards to Starbucks, Panera, Barnes & Noble, and Kava House, Starbucks travel coffee mug ($10) and 4 "Cover the Uninsured Week" ceramic mugs ($20)