Awareness+Poster

THE PIH MODEL OF CARE – PARTNERING WITH POOR COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT DISEASE AND POVERTY
The five fundamental principles of our work are: The work of PIH has three goals: to care for our patients, to alleviate the root causes of disease in their communities, and to share lessons learned around the world. Through long-term partnerships with our sister organizations, we bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need and work to alleviate the crushing economic and social burdens of poverty that disease. PIH believes that health is a fundamental right, not a privilege. Through service, training, advocacy, and research, we seek to raise the standard of care for the poor everywhere. []
 * 1. Access to primary health care**
 * 2. Free health care and education for the poor**
 * 3. Community partnerships**
 * 4. Addressing basic social and economic needs**
 * 5. Serving the poor through the public sector**

The reason I chose this organization is that after reading Tracy Kidder's //Mountain Beyond Mountains//, I became aware of the important issues of poverty and disease in third-world countries that have been going on for a long time. This organization provides services, especially healthcare, to people around the world absolutely free of charge and I find that both commendable and inspirational. Also our Common Senior Experience includes raising funds to support Partners in Health (PIH).

The idea behind this poster is to get people aware of the organization Partners in Health and to basically describe what it is they do. In doing this, the artist wants the viewer to want to look up more about the organization and to perhaps help. The caption shows that PIH is focused on providing healthcare and other resources to the impoverished to improve their quality of life. The image evokes a strong sense of emotion in the viewer because he or she can almost feel the pain of the little girl as she stares out at the viewer.