Ashley Garcia

United States

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I'm passionate about public health and serving others. The future of a community lies not only in its economy but in the health and well-being of its individuals. Global Brigades will allow me to improve the quality of care and access to basic health services in the Panamanian community through not only individual but group efforts. I believe that such singular acts of kindness will serve as a catalyst for others to follow.

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Website: https://www.globalbrigades.org/empowered/chapter/texas-a-m-international-university-medical-brigades-chapter

Phone: 956-251-3461


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Texas A&M International 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.