Emily Wechter

Bloomington, IL

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I am a biology major interested in both the animal and human aspects of the medical field, so naturally I am fascinated by the opportunity to travel to Honduras to help underprivileged people in a medical setting. I would love to be given the chance to practice something I hope to do for the rest of my life, while simultaneously improving the quality of life of a deserving, yet disadvantaged, community which lacks even the most basic healthcare. The level of experience this trip would provide is incomparable to any offered in the United States, while allowing me to put my Hispanic studies minor to good use.

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Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Illinois Wesleyan University 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.