Po-Han Chen

Atlanta

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My name Po-Han (Abraham) Chen and I am a volunteer of Emory's Chapter of Global Medical Brigades. Each year the brigade goes to Honduras with 30 Emory volunteers and sets up a clinic in the rural areas of the country. Our patients usually come from a very low socioeconomic background and travel miles to our clinic in order to be seen by healthcare professionals at no cost to them. The medical brigade's goal is to promote sustainability for these communities, which means that once we leave, the communities are hopefully capable of thriving and working on their own. This is an extremely rewarding experience, not just for the patients, but also for volunteers like myself, and unfortunately it comes at a cost. This is where you come in. Your donation of any size could help me reach my goal of paying for the flight and one week cost for accommodations in Honduras. This will be my first trip, and I am very excited to be able to play a part in helping the well-being and health of the people we will be serving. The donation you make today will last me a lifetime of memories and will help others past the one-week timespan in which we set up the clinic. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Po-Han Abraham Chen

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Website: http://www.medicalbrigades.org

Phone: 206-489-4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Emory University 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

Emory University Medical Brigade May 2026 Belize

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.