Our Goals
At iHelp, we utilize education as a foundational way to foster community oriented and self-sustainable solutions addressing healthcare disparities in the communities we seek to serve. Through our focus on education, we build a long-term impact on underserved communities throughout the world through two main avenues:

1. Community and Behaviors
By improving and enhancing communities’ existing educational system and implementing tailored health educational interventions that considers the particular socioeconomic contexts, we impact health through promotion and education of healthy behaviors, habits, and knowledge of and how to address issues relevant to regional public health. Additionally, we believe education can further our community by enabling individuals to obtain greater work opportunities and rewards, a greater sense of control and social support, and healthier behaviors.

2. Training and Teaching
By teaching and training future healthcare professionals through Service Learning and Community-Based Medical Education, we hope to enhance the education of our future healthcare providers domestically, enhance awareness of international inequalities, and instill a holistic view of approaching healthcare. We believe this outlook will enable students, as future healthcare professionals, to become more effective, empathetic, and ethical as both civic participants and health care providers.