This December, myself and nearly 40 other second year medical students and physicians will be traveling to Honduras with Global Brigades to provide free healthcare to under-served communities. This trip was planned entirely by Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences students to provide our classmates with an opportunity to participate in international medicine and service work. Because this trip is not organized by KCUMB, we have all put in many hours to plan the trip itself, get medical supplies donated, and fundraise money to help us pay for medical equipment.

During our week in Honduras, we will be working in a pre-established clinic where we will be responsible for fully staffing the unit and supplying all the necessary meds. Our clinics will include a general health department (similar to family medicine), Gynecology department, Pharmacy, and Dentistry Department. Because our clinics are in very rural and under-served areas, most people in the nearby villages have extremely limited access to healthcare. Many patients we see will have been living with aliments for months prior to our arrival. Upon seeing hundreds of these patients, we will not only diagnose them, but provide them with medications to take home that very day. After traveling to Nicaragua on a medical service trip in the past, I've seen how very grateful each and every patient is for this. I've seen that such service truly changes people's lives, and I can't wait to do it again in Honduras!

We will be leaving on December 14th, 2013, and would like to ask for as much help as possible prior to that date. If you'd like to make a donation to help me with travel expenses, I would be extremely grateful. If you'd like to donate medicine, medical equipment , or make a monetary donation toward such items, it would be very helpful as well! Please spread the word about Global Brigades and the KCUMB 2nd year students that will be traveling to Honduras to improve the lives of others!