AMSA
AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | Malaria Awareness Day |
| Project type(s) | Recruitment,Other |
| Date completed | 04/25/2007 |
| Chapter | University of California, Irvine SOM |
| Project Coordinator | Timothy Minh |
| Summary of project | We showed a video called "Malaria: Number One Killer" and talked about how students could lobby their universities to encourage more research on malaria and other neglected diseases. We also provided food (funded by the Associated Graduate Student Council) |
| Content area | Human Rights |
| Number of participants | 5 |
| Participant hours involved | 10 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | |
| Coordinator hours | hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $350 |
| Project funding | Local chapter funds,AMSA grant,Other grant |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | |
| Project advertising | We sent out emails to several campus groups and all the medical students, publicized to the Associated Student Council, and put up flyers. |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
3 |
| Lessons/suggestions | We should have put flyers up earlier. Also, we started at 3:30pm. A lot of the undergrad classes start on the hour-mark only. |
| ADDITIONAL COMMENTS | |
| Comments | Putting up flyers may be more effective than emailing, but one has to do it early. (possibly in two rounds) |
