***AGM/ Mini conference***

The crossing borders AGM/ Mini conference was held on Saturday November 21st at Birmingham University. Representatives from Nottingham, Brighton and Sussex, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Barts and Imperial attended. Activities at the IFMSA Macedonia were presented as well as how people could get involved. The National Coordinator of Medsin Entitlement campaign spoke about the rules of access to healthcare and explained the background to the new laws. Livia Ottsilva from Medicine du Monde spoke about Project London and what was happening in practice with access to healthcare.

Workshops on "education" "campaigns" and "projects" and "how to set up and run a branch" were run to explain each aspect of crossing borders.

The first consitution was debated and created. The new newsletter/ feedback reports schemes were explained. How to... update your page and share resources through the website was demonstrated National commitee positions - 'Creative director''fundraiser'and 'National project coordinator' were opened.

*** Crossing Borders wins international award!***

At the International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) August General Assembly, Crossing Borders was awarded 2nd Prize for The Best Human Rights and Peace Project in the World.

Click Here for Medsin Entitlement Campaign Talk

UCL DARFUR WEEK

Monday 30th November - Friday 4th December

MEDSIN NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The next Medsin Conference is scheduled to take place in Newcastle in March

AFRICA MONTH AT LEEDS

Leeds Medsin are organising an 'Africa month' in October - it will hopefully introduce topics relating to health and development to students, and also introduce current and possbile projects in Leeds. One of the topics will be conflict and migration - an evening with films and talks on asylum issues and will have lots of info about how to get involved in projects.

Also if anyone is interested the link below is for a Rwandan youth performing arts company that are touring with a performance called Africa's hope - it looks good.

http://mashirika.aegistrust.co.uk/

CROSSING BORDERS COMMITTEE MEETING

22nd October at UCL