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1 person is interested
Transportation Assistance for Breast Cancer Treatments
ORGANIZATION: ECDC African Community Center -DC
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1 person is interested
Immigrants and refugees often have difficulty accessing health care services, including preventive medicine, and difficulty completing care once diagnosed, due to barriers such as affording and accessing transportation, language and cultural barriers to understanding the importance of continued care, and confusion when transitioning between facilities for ongoing services. ECDC is partnering with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to implement Project PATH (Patient Access to Health)and address these barriers to breast cancer treatment for refugee and immigrant populations in Northern Virginia.
Transportation has been identified as a significant barrier preventing these vulnerable women from accessing and continuing through breast cancer treatment, and ECDC is seeking volunteer support to overcome this obstacle. We are currently building a list of trained and cleared volunteers to help on an as-needed basis. Cleared volunteers will be added to a list and will be periodically contacted to sign-up for the specific days and times needed.
The women being assisted live and are being assisted in Northern Virginia, concentrated around Alexandria. Appointments would take place mostly on weekdays, but weekends would be possible as well. Each appointment would require 3-4 hours for travel, appointment time, and returning the woman home.
A background check, driving record, and available vehicle are required.
If interested in providing vulnerable immigrant women potentially life saving assistance, please contact volunteer@ecdcus.org for next steps.
More opportunities with ECDC African Community Center -DC
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About ECDC African Community Center -DC
Location:
901 S. Highland St., Arlington, VA 22204, US
Mission Statement
The African Community Center of the DC Metro (ACC-DC) is a branch office of The Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC), one of ten Resettlement Agencies authorized by the Department of State to resettle refugees. ECDC’s mission is to resettle and assist refugees and immigrants in integrating successfully into their new communities in the U.S.. ACC-DC is responsible for directly helping refugees located in the DC metro area with offices in Arlington, VA and Silver Spring, MD. ACC-DC provides social, educational, and employment programs for newly resettled refugees while working with community partners to promote self-sufficiency and integration across the DC area.
Description
ACC-DC is non-profit organization that works toward the resettlement of refugees within the United States. We conduct case work, as well as educational and social outreach programs for newly arrived refugee families. These programs are aimed to help the families recover from past traumatic experiences, get adjusted to American life, and become economically self-sufficient contributing members of their new communities. The refugees we work with refugees come from all across the globe.
Some of the services that we provide refugee families include:
- Housing and rent for 3 months (families will hopefully be self-sufficient by this time)
- Basic home furnishings
- Enrollment in ESL classes
- Setting up medical and social security appointments
- School enrollment for the children
- Helping refugee families connect with their new communities on a social and logistical level
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
AlexandriaAlexandria, VA 22311
DATE POSTED
August 30, 2017
SKILLS
- Transportation
- Cross-cultural Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- as needed