Emily Rayball

Grapevine, TX

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Over the past four years, I had the opportunity to volunteer over 850 hours to communities in need. I spent many hours in a hospital setting and have found that I want to spend my time working in the medical field in the future. I have been interested in learning about global health for a long time now. I believe all people should have access to vaccines and first world medical advancements like those we have access to in the United States. One of my life goals is to help others on a local, national, and even global scale with these issues. My Catholic education past and present has fostered this passion and I'm humbled to be able to continue serving others in this way.

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Website: boston-college-medical-brigades-chapter


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Boston College 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.