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We currently have a six-person board chaired by Ania Calderon. We are seeking up to three new board members to help guide the organization’s evolution.   Board of Directors Responsibilities Global Integrity Board Members:   Steer the organization.  The Board meets four times a year, for 2-3 hours each time. Pre-pandemic, one of these meetings was held in person in Washington, D.C., with the other three meetings held virtually. Moving forward, we hope to find the occasional opportunity for in-person meetings, but remote participation will likely be the norm. Additional time may be required for work on committees, including our standing Governance, and Finance and Audit, committees. Board members will also be expected to play an active role in supporting our fundraising activities as we navigate a changing funding landscape. Champion Global Integrity.  Board Members are critically important to helping Global Integrity thrive. Board members are expected to...

The Okoa Project connects people to the healthcare they need by collaborating with communities to engineer context specific solutions. Since its inception in 2016 at MIT and incorporation as a nonprofit in 2018, we have developed two motorcycle ambulance designs with community partners in Tanzania and Ghana and introduced processes, organization, and professionalism across the organization. Now as we continue to grow, we are gearing up to expand our Board of Directors.  Lack of transportation is one of the major reasons people around the world are unable to access medical care. In most rural areas, neither the funds nor the vehicles exist to navigate the terrain to the clinic without exacerbating the patient’s health issues. The exact number of fatalities, crippling injuries, and neglected treatments resulting from these problems are unknown, but the maternal mortality rates can show insights into the breadth of the problem: 830 women die of preventable pregnancy complications...