Building on its commitment to improving health globally, Health Dialog is participating in a volunteer initiative to build a vital health center in the small town of Miraflores, Ecuador, where a doctor visits only six times a year because of the remote location.
Five Health Dialog employees from across the United States were selected to go to Miraflores as part of the Ecuador Challenge, a global volunteering project organized by Health Dialog’s parent company Bupa, with more than 120 employees worldwide participating. Three Health Dialog employees have already been to Ecuador, each having served one week out of what will be a 12-week project that started in September and will end in December. Two more Health Dialog employees will be going in November.
During participation in the Ecuador Challenge, employees have the opportunity to learn new skills as well as work alongside international colleagues. Jennifer Yasi, a Health Dialog employee based in Boston, MA, performed tasks ranging from construction of the health center to teaching English in the local community.
“I was very excited to be involved in this project because I know I’m helping to make a real difference in the lives of a community that currently doesn’t have many of the things it is so easy to take for granted – such as access to basic health facilities,” said Yasi.