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Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: CUNY Baruch Medical Brigades
Chapter: Dental Brigades at California State University San Marcos
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Clemson University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at McMaster University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Northern Arizona University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Oklahoma State University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at the University of Miami
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of British Columbia
Chapter: Global Brigades Dental Brigades Canada Chapter
Chapter: Medical Brigades @ AdventHealth University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at California State University Dominguez Hills
Chapter: Medical Brigades at California State University Stanislaus
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Edmonton Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Malibu Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Northern Michigan University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Chapter: Medical Brigades at South Carolina State University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Southern California University of Health Sciences
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Washington and Lee University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Waterloo Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Wilfrid Laurier University
Chapter: Medical Chapter at University of Saskatchewan
Chapter: Missouri Southern State University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Ottawa
Chapter: Public Health Chapter at University of Saskatchewan
Chapter: Seattle Pacific Area Medical Brigade March 2025 Greece
Chapter: University of Colorado Denver Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: University of Windsor Medical Brigades
Chapter: Water Brigades at McGill University

Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Water Brigades

About Us

McGill University is a chapter of Global Water Brigades, an international movement of university students working alongside local communities and technicians to implement clean water systems in the developing world. Water systems are designed, planned, and budgeted with partner communities and local leaders are identified by the community to serve as the community’s Water Council, which collects monthly water fees from households to operate and maintain the constructed water system. It then takes several months of construction by volunteers, staff and community members to complete and can include several large scale components, such as dams and storage tanks in order to pipe clean water to individual homes.

In conjunction with our Water Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development and sanitation 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

McGill University Water Brigade May 2026 Panama

Global Brigades offers 7-day Water Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Water Brigades' mission is to empower communities to access sufficient clean water through infrastructural development, water treatment, community leader training and education. Water Brigades volunteers assist in implementing clean water systems to prevent water-related illnesses in communities with limited access to clean water. One of the fundamental roadblocks to community development is lack of clean water. With a sufficient quantity of properly treated water, community members can cut off the connection between water and illness and ultimately live healthier, more productive lives. Volunteers work side-by-side with community members as well as with our in-country project technicians in all aspects of the water system's construction while learning about its design, functionality, and long-term sustainability.