I plan to volunteer with the established organization: Floating Doctors in Panama. I will spend one week working with their team to set up a mobile clinic to meet the medical needs of the indigenous people of Bisira Panama. Due to social, economic, logistic, and geographic constraints, these people cannot simply go to a hospital to see a doctor so we plan to bring healthcare to them.
We will be working with the indigenous people of Bisira who have limited access to drinking water and a city overrun but garbage. There is little health literacy regarding the management of common infectious diseases and chronic noncommunicable diseases.
I am excited to get to not only serve the people of Bisira, Panama but also learn from their way of life. I particularly love educating individuals on why their health matters and how to teach their children to care for themselves as well. I value education as the means for generational impact. I have also found that I learn so much from the locals when I am humble enough to listen to their stories of strength, fortitude, and compassion for others.
