VAWGLOBAL

In 2006, Volunteers Around the World (VAW) in cooperation with AMI San Lucas began bringing individual volunteers to work in San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala. In 2009, VAW worked with their first ever team of Global Health volunteers: seven individuals from the University of California, Berkeley who were interested in building water filters and finding out more about the public health issues in the area. In 2010, VAW officially began their Nutritional Security Project, building gardens in the Lake Atitlan area, and continuing with the Water Filters Project. That year, VAW brought eight volunteers to work with AMI San Lucas to build garden boxes and installed water filters... In 2011, VAW brought their first Medical Outreach team to Guatemala. That year, 15 UC Berkeley students set up and ran mobile medical clinics along with Dr. Israel Hernandez, from AMI San Lucas, where they were able to treat over 500 patients. In 2013, VAW expanded Medical Outreach operations to Jarabacoa, Dominican..

Also known as: VAW Global Health Alliances

Primary location: Greenville United States