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Monica Weglarz
My name is Monica Weglarz and I am an eighteen-year-old from northern New Jersey. I never realized how fortunate I was until I spent the summer in the Dominican Republic volunteering in a makeshift medical clinic. Through an organization called Unidos para la Salud, I had the opportunity to travel to Santo Domingo to help administer medication, assist with dental care and hand out school supplies to impoverished people. We converted an empty gymnasium into a facility of sorts dedicated to triage, dentistry, and pharmacy. While working in the pharmacy department, I read prescriptions and then distributed the appropriate medication. I connected with some people, learning their stories, dreams and goals. Through this experience, I realized I am blessed to have the luxuries that surround me back in the United States: a loving, nurturing home; the opportunity to conduct my own research and study; a steady supply of food and clean clothes. I took for granted and assumed I was entitled to all these things. I was wrong.
Through the smiles on the faces of the palomos, I experienced a new type of happiness that comes from helping others: love in action. This joy sparked a new desire within me. One day, I hope to work with the UN to bring humanitarian aid to suffering and impoverished communities internationally, especially the victims of genocides. As an intern with the Temple of Understanding, I am particularly interested in human rights, specifically the conflicts in Iraq and Syria where these innocent individuals are stripped of these rights. In both of these countries, ISIS has worked to exterminate the Yazidis, Shiites, and Assyrian Christians in mass genocides. With my time at the UN, I want to make a tangible difference in these anguished people’s lives.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#25312e”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1553614210961{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
Internship Project
Human Rights in Ukraine: An Analysis of How the Country’s Relationship With Russia Has Affected the Present Humanitarian Situation [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”VIEW SLIDESHOW” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#3d554e” outline_custom_hover_background=”rgba(61,85,78,0.73)” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-angle-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FTOUorg|title:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fpresentation%2Fd%2F1k-LQYKP5YxivajsxN5LfMc8x4ltmEK304K9ej7KrAnE%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing|target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1553612480875{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]