Shoulder to Shoulder Sends Health Brigade to Ecuador
Shoulder to Shoulder Global is a UK-based organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of impoverished communities.
Shoulder to Shoulder Global is a UK-based organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of impoverished communities.
For ten years, Shoulder to Shoulder Global has been serving impoverished communities in and near Santo Domingo, Ecuador. In 2002, Shoulder to Shoulder Global went on its first trip to help people in need of medical care. Groups of students, healthcare professionals, faculty and volunteers have been visiting multiple times a year ever since. Though the group’s goal is to provide healthcare, any interested student or community member can participate.
Shoulder to Shoulder Global's May 2012 brigade to Ecuador allowed students, faculty and staff from the UK College of Health Sciences, UK College of Arts and Sciences, Transylvania University as well as members of the community to attend to 704 patients at the Centro Médico and partnering communities.