Over the past three years at school here at IU, I have dreamt of accomplishing a few goals that I believed would be life changing, affecting my perspective of this world and my place in its future. The three goals:
1. Become an EMT and volunteer both on campus and with Magen David Adom
2. Start my own group on campus
3. Go on a brigade with IU Global Medical Brigades to help those in the world without basic health care we take for granted.

Two of these goals I have accomplished and continue to accomplish. I have become an EMT and volunteered as I wanted to, and have even become one of the first Overseas Instructor for Magen David Adom. I have recently started my own recognized organization on campus that will begin its activity on campus in the fall. The last goal is just two weeks away and I need your support to get there!

I will be embarking with an organization called Global Medical Brigades to the Cape Coast Region in Ghana, West Africa on a 10 day brigade trip to provide, alongside health professionals and 23 other IU students, health care to a small local community which otherwise does not have the proper means of receiving health care and medical attention.

Our group has purchased and collected over 350 pounds of medications and supplies that we will be taking along with us to distribute appropriately to all in need within the communities we will be working with. In addition to the medical and dental care we will also be building a ventilated household latrine for the community as a step towards developing and raising awareness regarding proper public health in the region.

I do not know what I will encounter as I venture on this journey with my fellow brigadiers. However, I do know and expect that this overseas experience will change my life, my perspective of this world in which we live and the lives of the community whom we will become a part of.

Unfortunately, as with all life-changing experiences, it comes at a price. I have worked this past year to earn the cost of my airfare, but am hoping you may be willing and able to contribute towards my in-country costs. Donations to Global Medical Brigades are tax deductible and are generously appreciated and thanked.

I look forward to sharing this extraordinary experience with you upon my return, and please forward this message to anyone you know that may be interested in donating and helping me better not only myself but primarily those in the Cape Coast region who do not have the necessary means of receiving simple health care and attention. Thank you for your support,

Amit
IU Global Medical Brigades