Word: fimrc
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...FIMRC is a global non-profit organization that provides health education programs and medical care for the underprivileged. Four undergraduate FIMRC members will travel to a clinic in Alajuelita, a community located near the Costa Rican capital, San Jose...
...Alajuelita population is plagued by contaminated water, underemployment, lack of education, and minimal public utilities, among other health problems such as malnutrition and drug addiction, according to the FIMRC website...
Volunteers, who will be housed in local homes with English or Spanish-speaking families, will have the option to stay longer than one week. Students cover the cost of the trip, about $900, according to the FIMRC website...
Approximately 13,000 Nicaraguan refugees, mainly single women and children, have fled to Costa Rica to escape poverty and persecution, according to the FIMRC website and Angela M. Mayorga ’09, the coordinator of the trip...
Vikram Bakhru, the president and founder of FIMRC, said he started the organization after witnessing severe poverty in India...