Improving elderly care in Jamaica

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Project Personnel

Angela Garcia - Deputy Director

Angela Garcia has lived and worked in France, Belgium, and Mexico, and since 2000 has focused on improving healthcare in developing countries through her work at Global Links. Ms. Garcia has traveled throughout Latin America to build relationships with medical and government officials, assess the needs of hospitals that receive Global Links’ donations, and judge the effectiveness of the donations.

Andrea Arkin - Program Officer

Two years in El Salvador with the Peace Corps, developing and leading environmental, health and leadership campaigns for youth and adults, cemented Ms. Arkin's commitment to working in global health and development. At Global Links, she travels throughout the Caribbean to assess hospital needs, form relationships with government and medical personnel, and plan donations of medical materials.

Kathleen Hower - Executive Director

With two colleagues, Kathleen Hower founded Global Links in 1989 in order to address the need for basic medical supplies and equipment in developing countries. As Executive Director, Ms. Hower has led the dramatic growth of the organization. To date, Global Links has collected over 3,000 tons of medical supplies and donated over $155 million worth of goods to clinics in over 70 countries.