Savannah Saarela

Peyton, Colorado United States

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I am a freshman student at UCCS striving towards a bachelors degree in Biology and pursuing a career in the medical field. I hope to enroll into medical school in 2020 to work towards becoming a physicians assistant. I am truly passionate about people. I absolutely love helping others and bringing smiles to people but I also enjoy a challenge. I am especially interested in children and feel very compelled to help them with the skills I will learn throughout my education. Helping others is an absolute passion of mine and the medical field impacts lives in such a substantial way. This trip would allow me to experience the gift of medicine in such an amazing way. God is really calling me to do this and I would be so blessed if you would consider helping me to go on this journey and help the people of Nicaragua. Thank you for your consideration!

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Website: university-of-colorado-colorado-springs-medical-dental-brigade


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Medical Brigade May 2026 Panama

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.