Ryan Walton

Champaign, IL

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I attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Human Development and Family Studies major (Pre-medical). I have taken the initiative to volunteer abroad in Honduras for two consecutive years and soon in South Africa in December 2016 to gain some insight on health disparities on a global scale and offer assistance in mitigating these health disparities. These are just a few of the places I have been, and in the future, I hope to expand my travels. I am an avid researcher who is driven by a fierce passion for helping populations that are underserved and disadvantaged. My goal in life is simple: Help those in need.

"The drive to be useful is encoded in our genes. However, when we gather in very large numbers, as in the modern nation-state, we seem capable of levels of folly and self-destruction to be found nowhere else in all of nature.
But if we keep at it and keep alive, we are in for one surprise after another. We can build structures for human society never seen before, thoughts never heard before, music never heard before."
- Lewis Thomas

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	Organization: Global Brigades USA
	Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Global Brigades USA

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Global Brigades USA is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Our mission is to empower volunteers and under-resourced communities to resolve global health and economic disparities and inspire all involved to collaboratively work towards an equal world. Since 2005, more than 30,000 volunteers from 800 university groups have traveled to implement our nine skill-based programs to benefit more than 600,000 community members in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Ghana.

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Environmental Brigades Environmental Brigades volunteers work with rural families and community leaders to improve environmental sustainability and livelihood. During the brigade, volunteers utilize household surveys conduc Chapter 71 Activities 146 Campaigns 179
Microfinance Brigades Microfinance Brigade volunteers work with community bank loan officers to consult potential borrowers on improving financial sustainability through a 7 day Microfinance Brigade in Honduras. Student vo Chapter 4 Activities 6 Campaigns 2
Kambia Kambia brings live international project-based learning directly to your students. Educators and their classes work with our on-the-ground local teams to collaborate with marginalized communities abro Chapter 72 Activities 189 Campaigns 66
Human Rights Brigades Global Brigades USA is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Our mission is to empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourc Chapter 66 Activities 138 Campaigns 168
Summer Programs Global Brigades Summer Programs make up some of the most high-impact, experiential learning programs in the world. Global Brigades offers 1-3 week summer opportunities for all sorts of volunteers, whe Chapter 6 Activities 34 Campaigns 14
Engineering Brigades Global Brigades USA is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Our mission is to empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourc Chapter 46 Activities 120 Campaigns 109
Water Brigades Water Brigade volunteers implement water systems to prevent communicable illnesses in communities through 7 day Water Brigades in Honduras or Ghana. Student volunteers can either join an existing Wate Chapter 132 Activities 420 Campaigns 352
Global Brigades Interns/Staff Global Brigades USA is the world\\\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Our mission is to empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under reso Chapter 2 Activities 2 Campaigns 6
Public Health Brigades Public Health Brigade volunteers empower under resourced communities in the developing world to decrease life threatening diseases by improving home infrastructure and providing public health educatio Chapter 180 Activities 747 Campaigns 532
Architecture Brigades Architecture Brigade volunteers design and construct schools for communities through a 7 day Architecture Brigade in Honduras. Once a University Chapter expresses their interest, they will be provided Chapter 56 Activities 109 Campaigns 162

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