Gaby Perez

DePaul University

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I have been apart of Global Brigades since 2010 when I went on my first dental brigade. I had a spectacular experience and knew that I wanted to continue working with this organization for years to come. It's amazing how my view on service work changed and grew with just one week in Honduras. I returned to Honduras on the dental brigade in 2011 and fell even more in love with the country and the wonderful people. Now, in 2012 I am leading the dental brigade and cannot wait to spread the word to brigaders and create a trip that will leave a lasting effect in hopes they return.

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Phone: 630-408-1397


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Dental Brigades

About Us

DePaul University is a chapter of Global Dental 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 dental & medical care 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 & Dental Programs, 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.