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PORTLAND, Maine

OT students volunteer for Partners for World Health

On Saturday, September 12, 2015 a group of Occupational Therapy students volunteered in South Portland for Partners for World Health to help sort and organize medical supplies and learn more about the organization from founder and president, Elizabeth McLellan. 

PWH recycles unused medical supplies such as from various hospitals and additional facilities and repurposes them to help countries in Africa, Asia and South America get the necessary medical supplies and training they need.

The UNE students volunteered as part of the OT Global Day of Service, demonstrating their commitment to meeting societies’ occupational needs and addressing occupational justice.  The MS, OT 2017 students who volunteered were: Nicole Allen, Kelsey Bennet, Victoria DeGeorge, Abby Fournier, Kati Haun, Jessica Hering, Chelsea Hockman, Michaela Marshall, Calley Rock, Ariella Wrubleski. 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.