VHC Medical Brigade

Partnerships

The Medical Brigade has fostered numerous invaluable partnerships with organizations that support our efforts in many, many ways. These organizations, and a summary of the role they play, are listed below. Sincere thanks to all who play such an important part in our endeavors.

 

Agua Para el Pueblo

Honduran design, engineering, public health, and construction partner on Remote Village Project water, sanitation, and public health projects.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Pro-bono consulting services in the areas of strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, communications, identification of grant opportunities and potential funding sources, and program management and administrative efforts

Crosslink International

Pharmaceuticals and medical supplies

Embassy of Honduras in the United States of America

Annual support of humanitarian healthcare mission trips and in-country relationships.

Engineers Without Borders

U.S. design, engineering, and public health partner on Remote Village Project water, sanitation, and public health projects.

Escuela Alba; Escuela Bilingual Honduras

Bi-lingual high school student interpreters for the Medical Brigade’s Humanitarian Healthcare Mission Trips

Fondo Hondureno de Inversion Social (FHIS)

Complete design and study of a new water system for Valle Bonito, one of the Remote Village Project’s water, sanitation, and public health projects

Fundacion CasAyuda, Comayagua

Examination rooms, patient screening, and ongoing case management for the efforts of the Medical Brigade’s audiology team

Iridium Satellite LLC

Provision of satellite phones for international communications and for communications in Honduras.

Lions Club of Comayagua

Transportation, communications, shipping, warehousing, site selection, surgical screening, access to Ministry of Health and other government officials, pre-trip advertising, crowd control/security

Lions Hearing Aid Bank Foundation

Donations of hearing aids and supplies

Peace Corps

Engineering, public health, and on the ground, in country, assistance with Remote Village Project water, sanitation, and public health projects

Regional Hospital Santa Teresa, Comayagua

Provision of operating rooms and other invaluable assistance to the Medical Brigade surgery team

San Benito Jose Medical Center

Surgical center for humanitarian healthcare mission trips

Servicio Autonomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (SANAA)

Design review, skilled labor, and on the ground project management of the Remote Village Project water, sanitation, and public health projects (SANAA is the national water and sanitation authority of Honduras)

United States Army, Joint Task Force Bravo, Soto Cano Airbase, Comayagua

Transportation, lodging, access to the United States Embassy in Honduras, expansion of Medical Brigade mission through deployment of medical equipment donated by the Medical Brigade, and peer review of the Medical Brigade’s Humanitarian Healthcare Mission Trips through best practices comparison to the Army’s Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETEs) – peace keeping efforts similar in scope to the Medical Brigade’s Humanitarian Healthcare Mission Trips

Virginia Hospital Center; Virginia Hospital Center Medical Executive Committee

Provision of warehouse space at no cost to the Medical Brigade, annual financial assistance, and support from all levels of hospital administration and staff

Virginia Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center

Donations of refurbished eyeglasses