Timmy Global Health

  • About Timmy Global Health
    Timmy Global Health is an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that expands access to healthcare and empowers students and volunteers to tackle today’s most pressing global health challenges.

    In collaboration with our international and U.S. partners, Timmy sends medical service teams to support the work of international partner organizations, and channels financial, medical, and human resources to community based health and development projects. Through our work, we seek to strengthen local health systems while promoting a spirit of humanitarianism, global awareness, and a long-term commitment to ending health disparities amongst our students and volunteers.

    Although we are based in Indianapolis, our reach is both local and global. We currently manage 10 project sites in 5 developing countries (Ecuador, Guatemala, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador) and have student chapters at more than 50 universities and high schools throughout the US. What started in a hospital closet in Indianapolis has matured into a nation-wide non-profit that provides direct medical services to low-income populations around the world, while also building the capacity of partner organizations and empowering student volunteers to lead the fight for global health equity.

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Indiana University Timmy Global Health

 Timmy Global Health at IU is dedicated to expand the access to health care for people in rural Guatemala. More than that, TGH also empowers students to make real changes for good and further develop their passion for service. On campus we hold several fundraising and advocacy events such as benefit concerts at the Bishop, the spring Glow Run, an annual benefit dinner and silent auction, the Global Health Symposium and grocery drives for vitamins and medicine. The money we raise goes directly to our partner organization, Pop Wuj, which is a Spanish school that also runs a free health clinic in Guatemala. The yearlong efforts from our students help fund the clinic and provide it the necessary resources it needs to maintain itself. During spring break about 18 students visit the clinic and the surrounding area to run a medical brigade. We recruit doctors, nurses and pharmacist and gather the necessary materials to ensure a high standard of care for the patients.

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