Catherine Patterson

NameCatherine Patterson

UNC AffiliationUndergraduate Student

DepartmentBiology

Major/FieldAfrican, African-American & Disaspora Studies, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

Award Year2010

Project Title Improving Sanitation through Pit Latrines with Slabs in Rural Ghana

Summary

This summer I will be one of eight UNC students from Project Heal traveling to Ghana and seeking to improve the health and safety of children and staff at a day care in Lawra, a rural community in northern Ghana. Our group plans to build two pit latrines

Note: This award was made as a Carolina Undergraduate Health Fellowship, which is no longer offered under that name. Those interested in health-related projects are now encouraged to apply to the Carolina Global Initiative Award.

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