Have you been feeling strange and disconnected and lonely these last few weeks? We have, too. I’ve also been thinking about how many farmworkers often feel that way in a normal year. Many times, they only leave their houses to go to work, or to go to the store once a week. They’re separated from […]
Beauty in the mayhem: night clinics for farmworkers
Blog post by Linda Chamiec-Case, Seasonal Outreach Worker Preparation Every Thursday during the growing season (June-October) the NC Farmworkers’ Project gears up for our weekly farmworker clinic at Benson Area Medical Center (BAMC). Outreach workers at the Project partner with the health center to provide high-quality, accessible medical services to farmworkers in the area. Throughout […]
Delivering Mobile Healthcare
Every Tuesday night, beginning in April and running through October, staff at the NC Farmworkers’ Project load up a mobile medical van with supplies, meet up with physicians and students from UNC Department of Family Medicine, and head out to a farmworker camp to provide medical appointments to farmworkers in their homes. Each night of […]