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Fighting Childhood Anemia in Peru: How Medical Volunteers Transform Lives in Huancayo blog community stories fimrc fimrc partnerships fimrc programs global health volunteer program maternal & child health medical student peru professional development project huancayo public health summer international health fellowship travel volunteer Jan 23, 2026

Nestled high in the Peruvian Andes, Huancayo faces a silent health crisis affecting its youngest residents. Nearly half of all children under five in the Junín region struggle with anemia—a preventable condition that threatens their development, education, and future.

But there's hope. Global healt...

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SIFH: The Global Health Fellowship That Transforms Students Into Real-World Changemakers blog fimrc fimrc fellow global health medical student peru sihf summer international health fellowship travel uganda volunteer volunteer experience Dec 29, 2025

Understanding global health is not something you learn from a textbook,  it’s something you live.
FIMRC’s Summer International Health Fellowship (SIHF) is designed exactly for that: to immerse students, pre-meds, public health majors, and healthcare professionals in a month-long, intensive, hands-on ...

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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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Undergraduate and Graduate Student Volunteers Bring Invaluable Skills and Perspectives to Global Health Programs costa rica ethical volunteering global health graduate student medical rotation program medical student nicaragua peru project alajuelita project bududa project huancayo project limĂłn sihf summer international health fellowship uganda undergraduate student volunteer experience Mar 25, 2019

Jessica Southern recently transitioned to a new role as Key Relations Manager at FIMRC HQ after spending more than seven years as Field Operations Manager at Project Limón, Nicaragua. Jessica is sharing her insights on the value of partnerships since she took on this new role.  

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