After working in free clinics in the outskirts of Xela, Guatemala for two months, I can tell you that every day in the clinic is "the craziest day that you’ve seen at the clinic." Women lining up out of whatever building has been converted into the clinic that day, holding two children by the hand[...]
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May 19th, 2011 - 4:24 am § in In the Field, Volunteer
The Meaning of Solidarity
What does solidarity actually mean? I found myself asking this question many times over the last ten days. Part of the Somos Hermanos program consists of a ten day trip to El Salvador to work with the organization Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad (CIS). Every day we had the opportunity to listen [...]
Conquering Sexual Education Classes
What actually constitutes a teen sexual education class in Guatemala? This is the question I asked myself last month as I sat down with a group of four other Somos Hermanos participants as we prepared for our first class. We were going to be teaching a general health and sexual education class in a [...]
March 28th, 2011 - 6:14 am § in Good Ideas, Mexico
Just Dance!
After spending thirteen hours on an overnight bus from the border of Guatemala to Oaxaca, Mexico, you’d assume that the last thing I’d want to do is participate in a dance session in a public health fair. But this, in fact, is what I did. Wanting to explore a little before becoming too i[...]
Getting a Taste of Global Health
When I first decided to take two years off before going to medical school, I had a long list of goals I wanted to accomplish, the last of which was actually getting accepted to medical school. I wanted to get a taste of what my future life as a doctor could be like – while [...][...]
