L.E.A.D. Fellowship Project
Many Philippine elementary schools teach science without laboratories. Yashasvi — a HOSA competitor who placed first in Anatomy at State and Nationals and volunteers at Pomona Valley Hospital — designed a study of what happens when grades 5–6 get real medical tools in their hands: blood-pressure monitors, stethoscopes, and diagnostic kits.
“5th and 6th graders in the Philippines that lack science laboratories and are provided with basic medical and health-science devices will show a statistically significant increase in their knowledge and comfortability in using various pieces of medical equipment.”
Yashasvi’s $3,000 goal supports multiple classrooms and a permanent health-science resource library for the schools. Her study’s full title is “The Impact of Hands-On Health-Science Kits on Clinical Literacy and Physiological Interpretation among Grade 5–6 Students: A Pre-test/Post-test Evaluative Study.” Fundraising has begun — a $50 family donation is documented so far.
Yashasvi Munnaluri is in the Fellowship’s Medicine track. A HOSA competitor who placed first in Anatomy at State and Nationals, she volunteers at Pomona Valley Hospital — and built the cohort’s most complete deliverable set for this project: a full standard operating procedure, teaching script, pre/post tests with answer key, and a parent consent process.
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This project is part of Eat The Elephant’s work in Lubao, Pampanga — explore the Lubao project hub →
L.E.A.D. Fellows raise the funding for their own projects as a core part of the Fellowship. Gifts to Eat The Elephant support fellows' research, scholarships, and the Lubao partnership.
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