To me Shoulder to Shoulder is healthcare, education, hope, fun and full of friends. It allowed me to practice nursing, practice my Spanish, explore a new area and make new friends. I saw how hard everyone was working to bring health care and education to Honduras and the endless hours the staff puts in order to reach that goal. I had an amazing time with Shoulder to Shoulder and hope to work with them again soon.” Emily Bodner
Brigade Quote: Proven Record
Shoulder to Shoulder, Hombro a Hombro, has been a positive experience in my life….All of us learned, some were frustrated because of the immense poverty and big problems. I kept saying, Rome was not built in a day…” STS is a proven record…you will never be sorry about the time or money you invest in the health of the people from Honduras.”
Julio Aponte, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Brigade Quote: Academics and Epidemiology
Academically, STS offers a great venue to expose U.S. students to a systematic manner for value-added data collection on rural public health. Epidemiologically, the data can be used in the present, reviewed retrospectively for high caliber work because of the high quality of reliability in STS’s survey and collection methods. STS’s contribution is invaluable…[it] offers a wide and far-reaching impact on those that it comes in contact with.” Edwin Galan, Clinical Assistant Professor, Silver City Health Center – KU Health Partners