Institute for Latin American Concern ILAC Programs Margarita

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

ILAC Center Chapel

Mission Statement • The ILAC Center in the Dominican Republic is an international, Christian, Ignatian-inspired, collaborative health care and educational organization that exists to promote the integral wellbeing 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.

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.

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.

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

Summer Health Care Program

School of Physical Therapy

School of Occupational Therapy

School of Law

Encuentro Dominicano

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

Water Quality (Chemistry) Program

OB/GYN Elective for Medical Students

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 • Mc. Quaid Jesuit High School

HS Students Building Latrines

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

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)

Hernia Team

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

ILAC Cooperadores

ILAC Salud Rural Surgical Center

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.

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

Contact Us • Address: Criss III Building, Room 262 • Phone Numbers: (402)280 -3179 or 1 -800 -3433645 • Fax: (402)280 -1889 • E-mail: ilac@creighton. edu • Website: http: //www. creighton. edu/ILAC

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