As she writes in her blog, Chandler has always wanted to apply her nursing career globally, connecting her skills with the healthcare needs of children around the world. Needless to say, FIMRC’s mission of providing access to healthcare to low resource and medically underserved families...
FIMRC Chapters have always been a key reinforcement in accomplishing FIMRC’s mission through their pillars: volunteering, fundraising, and advocating on behalf of FIMRC. Many chapters continued their support throughout the academic year of 2020, despite its hectic uncertainty within their...
Here at FIMRC, we provide access to healthcare to underserved communities around the world, and volunteers come from near and far to help us with our mission. FIMRC has worked with a variety of volunteers passionate about global health and today, we are highlighting Keara Williams.
...When we announced that travel to Project Alajuelita, Costa Rica would reopen, we received a lot of excited emails from our FIMRC family asking a bunch of different questions about accommodations, COVID precautions, travel and more. We thought that a great way to help answer these questions and...
FIMRC volunteers make the world go round', but did you know that not all participants volunteer directly through FIMRC? Recently, we had Student-Athletes Abroad with Beyond Sports volunteer at FIMRC Project Alajuelita, Costa Rica, as the first on-site volunteers since COVID! We love partnering...
At FIMRC, our operations aim to provide access to healthcare to communities worldwide while also providing volunteer opportunities to learn about the many determinants of global health and their impact on communities. FIMRC has implemented a track program through our ...
JOIN THE WORLD OF GLOBAL HEALTH WITH OUR FIMRC VIRTUAL GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP
The best way to immerse yourself in FIMRC’s culture and community is by joining our Virtual Global Health Fellowship. This program focuses on a different global health topic every week...
Get To Know FIMRC
FIMRC is a global nonprofit with a mission to provide access to healthcare around the world. With project sites worldwide, our team connects staff, volunteers, and global health experts with communities in medically underserved countries, and it doesn't stop there. We...
Explore The World With Virtual Chapter Trips
Are you itching to travel again and in search of a way to connect with other members of your chapter and with communities across the globe? FIMRC is now offering a Virtual Chapter Trip program exclusively to FIMRC Chapters for summer, inviting you...
Racism In Healthcare
Racial discrimination is a common struggle within the healthcare systems of many countries throughout the world. Thus, it is not uncommon for both patients and healthcare workers who identify as black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to experience higher risks of...