Ben Taylor

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DC Medical/Dental Brigades March 2013 Panama
  1. Affiliated Organization: Global Brigades USA
  2. Program: Medical Brigades
  3. Chapter: Medical Brigades of the District of Columbia (Students at American University)
End Date: Mar 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Medical Brigades in DC is a discipline of Global Brigades, the worlds largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The DC chapter systematically works with more than 350 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran, Panamanian, and Ghanaian community members annually.

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $-224

Saying "Transferred to UVA"

Apr 08, 2013 04:21 PM

Susan Cabler donated $150

Feb 12, 2013 09:46 AM

Barbara Wheeler donated $25

Saying "Ben-God Bless you and all persons on the trip. It's a wonderful thing you are doing.-Mrs. Wheeler"

Feb 11, 2013 05:26 PM

Marcia Rasmussen donated $100

Saying "What an awesome opportunity for you! Thanks for your willingness to volunteer and be an inspiration in the world! Marcia R."

Jan 15, 2013 06:39 PM

Donna Charlap donated $50

Jan 14, 2013 01:31 PM

Margaret Mikkola donated $50

Saying "Happy to support you Ben,
The Mikkolas"

Jan 12, 2013 07:52 PM

Charles Frizzell donated $25

Jan 12, 2013 04:10 PM

Herbert Taylor donated $120

Jan 12, 2013 10:00 AM

Lois Taylor donated $200

Saying "Ben, we love you. Grammie and Warren"

Jan 11, 2013 08:49 AM

Patricia Taylor donated $150

Saying "Cheers to everyone involved in the DC Medical/Dental Brigades' trip to Honduras this spring. We hope you have a productive and instructive time there. We'll be thinking of you..
Ben Taylor's aunt and uncle -- Patty and Allen
"

Jan 10, 2013 09:00 PM

Scott Ellinwood donated $50

Jan 09, 2013 06:33 PM

Edmund Roman donated $100

Jan 08, 2013 04:26 PM

Sally Bernard donated $50

Saying "Sounds like great experience Enjoy sjb"

Jan 08, 2013 01:24 PM

Connie R Woolcock donated $50

Saying "Fantastic opportunity! Make it count!"

Jan 08, 2013 12:40 PM

Elizabeth Comstock donated $50

Saying "Thank you for your service, Ben!"

Jan 07, 2013 03:36 PM

Herbert Taylor donated $90

Jan 06, 2013 05:51 PM

Andrea Bonnar donated $20

Jan 06, 2013 02:10 PM

Cynthia Good donated $150

Jan 06, 2013 01:45 PM

Anonymous donated $250

Dec 28, 2012 10:19 AM
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