Kelly Kirkland

Santa Cruz

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I am passionate about many things, but volunteering, for me, has always been something that I wanted to make a bigger part my life. I am currently working on my undergraduate degree in MCD Biology and hope to pursue a career in the medical field. I have wanted to become a doctor since I was a child and plan to carry out that goal.
It's apparent how important the health care system in this country, but in many places like Panama and other South American counties, the health care does not extend to rural areas. I feel that it is important not to only help these underdeveloped areas attain healthcare but to help them learn and sustain the overall the health of the people that live in these areas.

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Website: http://www.globalbrigades.org

Phone: +1 206 489 4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of California Santa Cruz 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. In 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.