Engineering Students: Travel to Guatemala or Uganda
- Guatemala
- Uganda
About Program
EWH Institutes are two-month service abroad opportunities for university students and young professionals in STEM. During this program, you’ll receive intensive technical training before being placed in a hospital in a low-resource areas of Guatemala or Uganda. You’ll collaborate with local hospital staff to repair medical equipment and improve the facilities’ overall healthcare technology situation, improving their ability to care for patients.
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Program Highlights
- Study the operation, function, and design of essential medical equipment
- Learn technical and engineering skills needed to make repairs when resources are limited
- Study a new language
- Collaborate with hospital staff and technicians
- Join the local community!
Program Impact
Gain hands-on engineering experience while immersing yourself in a new culture and making a meaningful contribution to a low-resource healthcare system abroad with EWH!
Many hospitals in low-resource countries rely on donated equipment to treat patients. Unfortunately, much of this potentially life-saving equipment arrives unusable in the local environment, and over time, nearly all of it falls out of service. That's where you come in!
Join EWH next summer in Guatemala or Uganda, where you'll receive intensive hands-on training alongside a cohort of likeminded students from around the world and then serve as a volunteer biomedical engineer at a hospital in need. With a team of 1-3 other students, you'll work alongside hospital staff to assess and improve your placement hospital's healthcare technology situation.
Join the more than 1,400 EWH alumni who have participated in this life-changing experience.
