We're Back!

GlobeMed at The University of Texas at Austin is back! This year, our chapter's focus in Guarjila will be nutrition, with the expansion of a food cooperative. This is a huge project for the year, but the benefit for Clinica Ana Manganaro (CAM) will be well worth the effort.


El Salvador has been plagued with malnutrition and health issues ever since the Civil War in 1979. Although the malnutrition rates have decreased the Salvadorian people over the years, malnutrition and health issues are still prevalent problems the people of Guarjila face every day. The diet of the people of Guarjila consists mostly of carbohydrates and meats which are readily available in comparison to fresh produce. We are working with CAM to expand a food cooperative that will give the people of Guarjila a more balanced choice of food to decrease health related complications that bring people to the clinic to begin with.


We'd like to give a huge thanks to the UT chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed community service fraternity, for their generosity through a $3000 donation towards our project in Guarjila this year!  

Our first fundraising event is Global Dance Lessons from October 25-27. For more information on the event go to the Facebook event! It’s going to be a great time for a great cause! Heres the flyer made by our very own Communications Committee, look out for it on campus!


It’s been a great start to this year and it can only get better with the Staff Retreat coming up this Saturday along with various other community building and fundraising activities further down the road. Don’t forget to follow GlobeMed at The University of Texas at Austin on twitter @GlobeMedUT and like us on Facebook!