Rebekah Kawas

Texas

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Engaging volunteers with Global Brigades' mission and vision.

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My Affiliations
Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Organization: Global Brigades United Kingdom
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Bowdoin College Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Brigham Young University Idaho Medical Brigades
Chapter: California State University East Bay Dental Brigades
Chapter: Davidson College Medical Brigades
Chapter: Florida State University Dental Brigades
Chapter: Global Brigades UK Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Global Prep Academy Legal Empowerment Brigades
Chapter: Global Prep Academy Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Global Prep Academy Public Health Brigades
Chapter: Greensboro Collegiate Group Engineering Brigades
Chapter: Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Brigades
Chapter: Legal Empowerment Brigades at North Carolina A&T State University
Chapter: Los Angeles Area Medical/Dental Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Merrimack College Engineering Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Nova Southeastern University Legal Empowerment Brigades
Chapter: Ohio Northern University Medical Brigades
Chapter: Pacific University Medical Brigades
Chapter: Point Loma Nazarene University Medical Brigades
Chapter: Regis College Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: Rexburg Area Medical Brigades
Chapter: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Medical Brigades
Chapter: University of Arkansas Public Health Brigades
Chapter: University of Central Florida Legal Empowerment Brigades
Chapter: University of Florida Legal Empowerment Brigades Chapter
Chapter: University of Florida Public Health Brigades
Chapter: University of Georgia Dental Brigades Chapter
Chapter: University of Houston Legal Empowerment Brigades
Chapter: University of Nevada Las Vegas Medical Brigades
Chapter: University Of New England Medical Brigades
Chapter: University of North Carolina Charlotte Engineering Brigades
Chapter: University of North Carolina Charlotte Legal Empowerment Brigades
Chapter: University of Oklahoma Alumni Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: University of South Carolina Medical Brigades

Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Dental Brigades

About Us

University of Georgia 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.

In 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.



Upcoming Initiatives

University of Georgia Dental Brigade December 2024 Guatemala

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.

University of Georgia Dental Brigade May 2025 Greece

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.