Orianna Mak

Toronto, ON

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Since joining my first brigade in 2015, I've absolutely fallen in love with Global Brigades. I have been volunteering internationally since I was 16, working in Kenya, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and now Honduras (twice!). However, of all the organizations I have worked with, Global Brigades by far has been my favourite. I love everything from its mission and values, to the holistic model, and GB's dedication to sustainable development. Feel free to message me with any questions! Looking forward to hearing from you future brigaders!

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Website: university-of-toronto-medical-brigades-chapter


Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Toronto 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 Toronto Medical Brigade May 2025 Honduras

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.