Global Brigades USA

Jefferson School of Pharmacy

Medical Brigades at Jefferson School of Pharmacy is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Jefferson School of Pharmacy chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. Global Medical Brigades develops sustainable health initiatives and provides relief where there is limited access to healthcare. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.

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Kansas City Med Students

Medical Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists through a one week Medical Brigade in Honduras, Panama, or Ghana. Each of our partner community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated and volunteers deliver public health workshops. 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.

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Kansas City Medical Brigades

Global Brigades USA is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Our mission is to empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities while fostering local cultures. Since 2005, more than 5,000 volunteers from 110 university groups have traveled to implement our nine skill-based programs to benefit more than 100,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members. Medical Brigades works with licenses medical professionals and community health workers to provide comprehensive health services in rural communities with limited access to health care. Our current focus is in Honduras, Ghana, and Panama.

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Law Brigades at Chapman University

Law Brigades at Chapman University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Chapman chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, micro-enterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention

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Law Brigades at Columbia University

Law Brigades at Columbia University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Columbia chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention.

13 Members of this chapter

Law Brigades at DePaul University

Law Brigades at DePaul University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The DePaul chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business-licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation-prevention.

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Law Brigades at Hofstra Law School

Law Brigades at Hofstra Law School is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Hofstra Law School chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention

14 Members of this chapter

Law Brigades at London School of Economics

Law Brigades volunteers work with Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting through a 8 day Law Brigade in Panama. Student volunteers can either join an existing Law Brigades chapter on their campus or create their own chapter and recruit other volunteers. Law Brigades provides services to remote communities using a free legal clinic model, where volunteers shadow and assist lawyers as they provide legal consulting to community members. Additionally, volunteers work to incorporate unregistered communities to empower them with rights and government benefits that they would not have received otherwise. Law Brigades primarily works with remote communities that are under resourced and largely unaware of their legal rights.

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Law Brigades at McGeorge School of Law

Law Brigades volunteers work with Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting to rural communities. Volunteers offer services through a free legal clinic, where volunteers shadow and assist lawyers as they provide legal consulting to community members. Volunteers also work to incorporate unregistered communities to empower them with rights and government benefits that they would not have received otherwise. Law Brigades primarily works with rural communities that are under resourced and largely unaware of their legal rights. Additionally, volunteers provide legal capacity building workshops on various legal concepts to empower communities through education. Between brigades, Global Brigades’ in-country staff works to secure legal outcomes and provide follow-up to the community.

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Law Brigades at Northwestern University

Northwestern Law Brigades is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Northwestern chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. A one week Law Brigade provides volunteers the opportunity to get hands on legal experience working on cases with meaningful impact under licensed international lawyers. Examples of past projects include: business licensing, microenterprise legal support, and environmental degradation prevention.

7 Members of this chapter