GLOBAL BRIGADES BLOG

TREATING ELIESER Beginnings of a New Referral System Brittany Estok, 04/14/2010 Every year Global Medical Brigades continues to expand by bringing thousands of volunteers that see and treat tens of thousands of patients. Not only is GMB expanding in numbers, but we are also increasing the quality of care provided.  One way we are working [...]

Dan Bradley came on a medical brigade with New York University this August, and shot a short informational video to show what GMB is all about… (Also make sure to check out NYU’s Global Brigades Blog: www.nyubrigades.org)

Global Brigades partner, Friends of Honduran Children (FoCH) is a thriving non-profit organization based in Peterborough, Ontario in Canada that annually organizes three Medical Brigades.  In the last eight years, Dr. Hardy Friesen has been instrumental with the development of FoHC Medical Brigades. Under his direction, FoHC Medical Brigades provided $1 million worth of medicine [...]

Check it out! (if link doesn’t work type in: http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/11/12/students-bring-sustainable-development-to-rural-honduras/ to your web browser)

Paul Jones is a 2nd year medical student at McMaster University who recently joined the founding Board of Global Brigades Canada. He brings his experience from Medical Brigades with Friends of Honduran Children as well as his social entrepreneurship experience with Students Offering Support to Global Brigades. Our journey began at 1 am on a [...]

Laura Stymiest of Fredericton, New Brunswick received the 2009 Top 20 Under 20™ in recognition of her work with the Mount Allison chapter of Global Brigades. The award is presented by Youth in Motion to young Canadians under the age of twenty who have demonstrated significant innovation, achievement and leadership.  Laura is a third-year biology [...]

Just wanted to share a thank you letter to Global Brigades from the community of Cesam, Guinope, El Pariso, Honduras: