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Shaping Future Healthcare Leaders: Travel for Teens at FIMRC Costa Rica blog costa rica fimrc global health volunteer program partnerships project alajuelita student explorer program volunteer volunteer experience Aug 15, 2025

In July, FIMRC Costa Rica welcomed a vibrant group of 22 high school students from across the United States as part of the Travel for Teens international learning trip. Many of them arrived curious about healthcare, eager to explore what a career in the field might look like. Over the course of one ...

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Healing Through Food: Understanding Nutrition in Peru blog fimrc global health volunteer program maternal & child health medical student peru professional development public health volunteer experience Aug 11, 2025

Every August, Peru honors the essential role of nutritionist with the celebration of Día del Nutricionista Peruano. It’s more than a holiday; it’s a reminder of the vital work being done to fight against malnutrition and the importance of public health.

Malnutrition remains one of Peru’s most press...

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FIMRC Peru & SOCIEMC: A Transformative Alliance for Health blog fimrc fimrc partnerships global health volunteer program partnerships peru professional development project huancayo volunteer experience Aug 01, 2025

At FIMRC’s site in Huancayo, Peru, volunteer impact is amplified thanks to a  collaboration with SOCIEMC, the medical student society of the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú. This alliance strengthens our shared mission: to bring healthcare to underserved communities through education, preve...

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Morgan’s Journey Into Healthcare with FIMRC Costa Rica blog costa rica fimrc global health volunteer program professional development volunteer experience Jul 25, 2025

When Morgan Buckley first arrived at Project Alajuelita in Costa Rica at just 16, she didn’t know what to expect. With no medical background, she assumed she would mostly observe. Instead, she was surprised by how immersive and hands-on the experience turned out to be.

“I was pleasantly surprised w...

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Medical Volunteering in Peru: One Student’s Life-Changing Experience with FIMRC blog fimrc global health volunteer program medical student peru professional development project huancayo volunteer experience Jun 26, 2025

Brodie, a second-year neuroscience student at the University of British Columbia, always dreamed of visiting Peru. With aspirations to specialize in pediatrics and a strong interest in global health, he joined FIMRC’s Global Health Volunteer Program (GHVP) in Huancayo, Peru—an experience that would ...

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From Oregon to Costa Rica: How a Biochemistry Graduate Found Purpose Through Global Health Volunteering blog community stories costa rica fimrc fimrc fellow global health volunteer program project alajuelita summer international health fellowship volunteer experience Jun 12, 2025

At FIMRC, our mission is to make quality healthcare accessible to underserved communities around the world—and we couldn’t do it without the passion and dedication of our global volunteers. One of our most inspiring stories this year comes from Hernando Magallanes, a recent Biochemistry and Molecula...

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Travel Nursing in Action blog costa rica covid-19 fimrc nursing project alajuelita travel nursing volunteer experience Nov 09, 2021

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 around t

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Inspiration from FIMRC Chapter Executive Board blog chapters costa rica india professional development project alajuelita project kodaikanal virtual volunteer volunteer Oct 04, 2021

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 own sc

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Getting Into Grad School blog fimrc fellow foundations in global health grad school graduate student mph virtual volunteer Sep 06, 2021

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.  

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What It's Like Volunteering in Costa Rica blog costa rica covid-19 ethical volunteering ghvp global health volunteer program project alajuelita volunteer Jul 29, 2021

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 g

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