Who we are

In four days I will be leaving Hawaii to join a team of men and women in Florida, preparing to make a medical relief voyage to some of the most remote regions on earth. Floating Doctors will be traveling with a high tech crew and cargo on an ancient and very green platform. Led by Dr. Ben LaBrot, we will sail on our 76 ft sailboat called The Southern Wind.

The first voyage will run along the coast of Central America, through the Panama Canal and out through the South Pacific. Our goal is to set up a mobile tented clinic and provide free medical services. The on-board staff (including me) will treat over 15,000 patients.

Floating Doctors will also undertake a study based on the World Health organization 2000 World Health Survey to make a 2010 report on what progress has been made in improving world health, what major challenges remain, and the effextiveness of our current strategies.

We will interface with local medical providers and visually document the practices of health care delivery by local caregivers.

We will strive to create health care access to isolated communities and to promote preventative medicine and patient education in a way that encourages and empowers people to take responsibility for their own health.

Our major goals are:
1. To provide free health care services to needy areas in our mobile tented clinics and to hand deliver donated medical supplies to isolated areas.
2. To reduce child mortality by providing food safety education, nutritional counseling and clean water solutions
3. To promote awareness of the latest issues in developing world medicine through a study of health and medical care delivery.

I cannot wait to be a part of this organization and join the crew! Healh is a universal concern--we CAN help eachother!