Vea en espaņol

Interpretation services

Volunteers will serve as a means of facilitating communication between non-English-speaking Hispanic patients and their health providers. Students are expected to contribute at least 3 hours a week: 2-hour shift of volunteering and approximately 1 hour for transportation. Excellent Spanish and knowledge of basic medical terms is necessary.

Requirements:

1. 2 hours/ week; 234 hours/ semester
2. Go through interview process

Dates for projects:

1. 9/29-10/3      Interview interested volunteers
2. 10/6-10                     Visit clinic, introduce staff, choose schedule for volunteers
3. 10/13-17                   Initiate volunteering
4. 10/20-24                   Volunteering
5. 10/27-31                   First “charla”, topic chosen by volunteers
6. 11/3-7                       Volunteering
7. 11/10-14                   Volunteering
8. 11/17-21                   Second “charla”, topic chosen by volunteers
9. 11/24-28                   Thanksgiving week, volunteers will volunteer if available
10. 12/1-5                       Last week of fall volunteering

Goals:

• Make an impact in the Hispanic community of Baltimore by breaking the language barriers that keep them from obtaining proper medical care
• Encourage those in the medical profession to take action towards this nationwide social problem
• Promote cultural awareness among the volunteers partaking in the project
• Promote well-being and health in underprivileged communities of Baltimore