WE USE EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIP AS THE CORNERSTONES OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE PROVIDE PRACTICAL MEDICAL EDUCATION & CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
MEDICAL CARE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE.
We identify and assess the medical needs of each community while learning and respecting local culture and knowledge.
We provide clinical care while working alongside health workers within the community, learning from one another as we see patients.
We teach local health care providers using established protocols while incorporating regionally specific knowledge.
We create project management systems and maintain contact with our partners to provide long-term community support.
We partner with communities and existing organizations at their invitation to aid in local development.
WHO WE SERVE
We serve low-resource communities underserved by their existing health system around the world, especially focusing on women and girls.
1. MEDICAL TRAINING
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We help build capacity for health workers and health skills for community leaders, to empower individuals to take active part in their community's health and improve community health literacy
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We provide training opportunities for health workers and educators around the world who have a snowball effect on their community’s health literacy and networks of health care.
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We focus on teaching. We create simple medical education and training protocols developed for community health providers who may have little to no formal training. Working side-by-side with local medical staff, in both clinical settings and interactive lecture sessions, we build on the providers' skillsets, utilizing the medications and diagnostic tools that are available in these resource-poor settings. While caring for patients in teamwork with local providers, we model physical exam skills, diagnostic reasoning, and rational approaches to treatment.
Health Literacy → Agency
We work with communities to adapt training programs and identify target areas to best suit their gaps in healthcare
We support robust health training systems and integrate within existing partnerships/systems, working with the Ministries of Health and Education
In every community, we partner with established organizations in order to add impact to local development.
Our dedicated partners do the hard work to provide clean water, children's homes, school programs, job training, and more. Through partnership, we can forge stronger connections with each community, building on our partner organization's existing relationship.
If you are interested in partnering with us to add culturally sensitive medical care to your development efforts, contact us here.
Project Management
We use ongoing project management systems to build sustainable educational bridges.
Instead of one-time clinics, we partner with communities for the long term. Following each project, we establish an open channel of communication that allows us to serve as an educational and informational resource for community health workers who otherwise would not have access to up-to-date medical information.
Our regional Project Managers organize translation efforts to ensure seamless communication, consult on diagnostic and treatment recommendations, coordinate outcomes studies, and provide ongoing education.
Through this model, we work with each community to improve local health care delivery, thus accelerating our global neighbors' journey toward self-reliance and thriving development.
2. PARTNERSHIP
3. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Bridge access to appropriate and evidence-based resources by consolidating and adapting to fit a community’s specific needs