Colleen Remien

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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I am passionate about helping others while exploring healthcare within a culture that is vastly different from what I experience in the United States. Volunteering at a medical brigade in Nicaragua will allow me to help a community that suffers from a lack of organized healthcare. The indigenous tribes in rural Nicaragua have scarce access to electricity, water, and basic healthcare. As I have been preparing for a career in healthcare, I have learned the value of helping others, especially those in need who cannot help themselves. This brigade trip will serve as an opportunity for me to grow in my volunteer experience alongside others who have similar passions and career goals. Beyond the scope of Nicaragua, this trip will broaden my overall shadowing experience, as I will be working alongside various doctors and a dentist. I cannot wait to go to Nicaragua and experience volunteering at another medical brigade!

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Website: university-of-colorado-colorado-springs-medical-dental-brigade


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.



Upcoming Initiatives

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Medical Brigade May 2025 Guatemala

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, Guatemala, Greece and Belize. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.