Timmy Global Health

Nonprofit or community organization

Last modified: April 3, 2013, 1:03 PM

Mission

Expanding Access to healthcare; empowering students and volunteers to engage directly in global development.

Vision

The people we serve have the promise of healthy futures and our volunteers carry with them a spirit of humanitarianism and global awareness in their everyday lives.

Main Objectives

To provide direct medical assistance and healthcare services to low-income communities in the developing world through short-term medical brigades
To strengthen our partner organizations by providing them with the financial, medical, in-kind, and human resources required to build their capacity and strengthen their missions, outreach, and impact
To foster global awareness and humanitarian values in our students and volunteers by empowering them to actively engage in global development

Guiding Principles

Work in partnership with our International and Local Partner Organizations, always maintaining a spirit of dialog and understanding.
Seek to increase the sustainability and strengthen the impact of our in-country programming, and support the local initiatives of our partner organizations.
Empower volunteers to use their energy and compassion to address global development challenges, and cultivate within them a spirit of humanitarianism and global awareness.
Ensure that our health programming and medical brigades are operated in a responsible, efficient and effective manner. This includes the utilization of data-driven, benchmarked evaluation strategies to guide our work.
Support the missions of like-minded organizations, rather than attempting to create our own.

Background

Timmy Global Health was founded in 1997 by Dr. Charles Dietzen (Dr. Chuck), an Indianapolis-based pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist.
After working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta in 1996, Dr. Chuck was inspired to broaden his commitment to serving children in an international setting and empower others to do the same.
The foundation was named for 'Timmy,' Dr. Chuck's older brother who passed away during infancy. The name is a tribute to both his family and children everywhere who all deserve the right to healthy futures.

Jenna connected with Timmy Global Health
April 12, 2013, 3:08 AM
Timmy posted Programs Coordinator
April 3, 2013, 1:14 PM
Sarah connected with Timmy Global Health
April 3, 2013, 12:52 PM
Timmy posted Medical Programs Positions Available - Ecuador
December 14, 2012, 6:05 PM
Timmy said Winner of the 2012 American Giving Award in the category of Champions of Health and Wellness!
December 14, 2012, 5:48 PM

New Job: Starting a new job always has challenges. During orientation, one must learn the unit, the medications, coworkers, the flow of patients, the supplies, the charting systems, etc. Often times, you are still dealing with Human Resources, finalizing contracts, getting physicals, setting up direct deposit. During my first two weeks of work, I found myself doing all of these things…only [...]
Saludos de Quito: Saludos de Quito! My name is Emily McHugh, and I am a new graduate of Purdue University. During my time at Purdue, I traveled to Quito, Ecuador, on two Timmy medical brigades and also helped found an annual banquet to raise money for our partner organization, Tierra Nueva. After having such wonderful experiences on the [...]
Update from Guatemala: I have been working as the Timmy Foundation’s Medical Program Director in Guatemala for almost three months and have been amazed by the programming already in place and by the advances that have been made over the past few months. When I arrived at the Pop Wuj clinic on my first day, I knew that [...]

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