Check out Global Prep Academy’s sustainable water system created during their June 2021 STEM TeleSquad with community members from Cerro de Agua in Central America.
The Student Impact of a STEM TeleSquad
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Why You Should Consider a TeleSquad Next Semester: Perspectives from an Alumni Instructor
As teachers begin to plan for a brand-new school year, we asked a teacher who has already been through a TeleSquad to share her experience and how this program benefitted the students in her class. Martha Keeley teaches an Engineering Fundamentals elective class to seniors at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. During the course of their STEM TeleSquad, students worked with community members and engineers in a rural community in Panama to design and build a water tank for that community.
High School Students Bring Hope to Resource-Limited Communities Across Globe
Dana Hills High School (DHHS), a school which hosts an academy designed for individuals who are pursuing a career in the health field, has been empowering their students to bring hope to resource-limited communities across the globe in partnership with Squads Abroad.
A Unique Internship Solution: A Conversation with a Health TeleSquad Instructor
We sat down with Lea Ann Smith, a STEM Academy Leader at Essex High School in Essex Junction, Vermont, to learn more about her students’ experiences in Global Health TeleSquads and the value of virtual experiential education. Check it out!
Global Brigades Offers Students Transformational Learning Experiences, While Transforming Global Communities
Prior to COVID-19, Squads Abroad — which was founded five years ago as the high school division of Global Brigades — was annually organizing dozens of in-country school volunteer programs. In the summer of 2019, they launched TeleSquads as a way to continue supporting...
Medical Spanish for Beginners: The Ultimate Resource for Aspiring Health Students
Our team has created this Medical Spanish resource to support volunteers on their journey toward becoming stronger medical professionals and impactful Global Citizens.
Bigger Family, Bigger Impact: Meet Global Brigades!
They say family gives you the roots to stand tall and strong; Let us be the first to introduce you to our older sibling Global Brigades. With Global Brigades and Squads Abroad working together our Holistic Model is set to be more impactful than ever! Just like your...
First Time Fundraising? Succeeding at Fundraising in 5 Simple Steps
Written by Julie Meyers, CFRE, MA - SA Fundraising Advisor While we may become overwhelmed and stressed as we dedicate ourselves to tackling the current crisis around COVID-19, we are also renewed with hope as we look forward to the opportunity to resume the important...
Squads Abroad Looks To The Future With Hope
Written by Julie Meyers, CFRE, MA - SA Fundraising Advisor Amidst the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to become hopeless and succumb to the stress and fear we all justifiably feel at this time. However, if we can find the courage to take a deep breath and...
Turning Winds & Turning Hearts: From Isolating Depression to Embracing Community
Jonathon Parker was born with a congenital heart defect that causes an aortic coarctation. This irregularity, causes Jonathon's heart to pump harder than normal in order to force blood through his narrow aorta. While this issue did not affect him much throughout his...
