Hello friends and Family! I am a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh and I will be going to Honduras on May 7-13 with University of Pittsburgh Global Medical Brigades, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, that helps developing parts of countries provides a holistic model, a model of development that emphasizes the value of addressing all aspects of a society in order to achieve long-term improvements that address business, engineering, environmental, human rights, public health, water, and medical services through annual brigades.

Unlike some other organization, Global Brigades and Pitt's Medical Brigades is built on the idea of sustainability so that we provide local citizens with the knowledge and self-perpetuating system of healthcare. On the trip, we will hold "Charlas" or educational conversations and lectures with adults and children on important medical topics on things as simple as brushing your teeth (all in Spanish of course). At the same time, hundreds of people who often take a day off from work and school walk hours just to receive services from our makeshift-dental office, physicians, Pharmacist, OB/GYN, and vision stations that provides glasses that is collected, cleaned and sorted from throughout the year.
As part of our effort to be a better global citizen, we partake in meetings to talk about different aspects of Honduran culture that not only extends to healthcare but their social life too. Did you know that out of the 25 public hospitals in Honduras there are only 3 hospitals with sanitary licenses.
Any donation, big or small, counts, and will help towards housing, transportation, and medication for the locals. This is tax deductible!


If you have any questions feel free to contact me: miz43@pitt.edu