University of Waterloo Global Dental Brigades (UW GDB)
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Global Brigades in the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Since 2004, Global Brigades has mobilized thousands of university students and professionals through nine skill-based service programs to improve quality of life in under-resourced communities through partner organizations in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
University of Waterloo Global Dental Brigades (UW GDB) is a non-profit club led by determined students interested in the fields of dentistry and healthcare. This club consists of Executive Members and General Members who get an oppourtnity to volunteer locally and/or abroad to Honduras, Nicaragua, or Panama to create sustainable and positive impacts on under-resourced communities. Locally, we organize fundraising events, information sessions, collect oral hygiene supplies, and recruit brigaders. Then we travel abroad to run dental clinics in under-resourced communities. Our mission/goal is to strengthen under-resourced communities as well as the brigaders to overcome global health and economic disparities.
Global Brigades in the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Since 2004, Global Brigades has mobilized thousands of university students and professionals through nine skill-based service programs to improve quality of life in under-resourced communities through partner organizations in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
University of Waterloo Global Dental Brigades (UW GDB) is a non-profit club led by determined students interested in the fields ...