Archive 2018

Jan 31
Tufts International Development

The Reality in Coaque, Ecuador by Joaquin Bustamante

by mdillard

Coaque is a rural town located in the coastal region of Ecuador. It has suffered dramatically since the deadly earthquake struck the community in 2016. Tufts International Development (TID) has been working with the community since 2016, in collaboration with the NGO Avanti and Libraries Without Borders, to implement Koombook.

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Jan 19
Global Health

Medical Spanish: Lost in Translation by Gabriela Funez-dePagnier

by mdillard

It felt great to collectively accomplish a week of setting up five pop-up clinics in rural communities around Xela, and providing free medical care and prescriptions to approximately 400 patients. This experience would not have come to fruition without Timmy Global Health’s partnership with Pop Wuj.

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Jan 19
Global Health

“It is never about me but others”: Tufts Timmy Global Health Medical service trip to Xela, Guatemala by Magnifique Mukundwa

by mdillard

I knew almost nothing about Guatemala until I joined Tufts Timmy Global Health, one of the 15 chapters of Timmy Global Health. Timmy Global Health is a non-profit organization based in Indiana that is dedicated to tackling global health disparities in Guatemala, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and Nigeria.

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