Ventura Global Health Project

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Welcome to Ventura Global
Health Project

Ventura Global Health Project (VGHP) is a Ventura, California-based non-profit organization with one goal in mind: enabling medical professionals to provide care to underserved populations across the globe.

Founded in 2012, VGHP has now had over a decade of success in supporting altruistic practitioners who carry a deep commitment to serving those in need. To date, VGHP has granted over one million dollars towards this mission.

VGHP strives to answer this question: if there are a wealth of talented doctors willing to serve humanity at a high level, how can we in local communities champion this as a cooperative goal? Ventura Global Health Project aims to do so by:

Provide Grants to resident physicians for travel expenses so they can be exposed to provision of care for underserved peoples and develop a lifelong commitment to service
Help young professionals launch careers providing care to the medically underserved.
Provide travel grants for short-term medical volunteers who support career doctors in the field
Provide grants for select equipment critical in medically underserved settings, to support career doctors.

VGHP is proud to be part of a medical community with a long-standing tradition of service and thrilled to contribute to the ongoing development of nascent healthcare programs globally. Want to learn more? Check out the link below:

Welcoming our new residents

We’re excited to welcome our new residents, who are eager to contribute their skills and passion to our mission of providing excellent healthcare. Their dedication will help us continue making a positive impact in the communities we serve. Read more about their journey here.

Keep up with the latest news, new enrollments, and exciting upcoming features at VGHP by staying connected with us!

We offer a variety of grants to support our residents with equipment, medications, and more, ensuring they have the resources they need to excel.

Interested in joining VGHP? Get in touch with us and learn how you can contribute your skills where they’re needed most!

Empowering Communities with Essential Support Where It’s Needed Most!

We’re committed to making a difference by providing the essential support communities need. If you’re passionate about creating positive change, reach out today to see how you can get involved!

Discover Inspiring Resident Stories

The Honduran staff was a joy to work with…Dr. Maggie Jolly

The Honduran staff was a joy to work with…Dr. Maggie Jolly

I slipped on a scrub top and walked down the hill to the hospital. It was one of my call days, and the nurses had given the characteristic message on the Ham radio, “Dra. Maggi, Dra. Maggi, tenemos una emergeeencia.” They always seemed to draw that last word out, making it sound more urgent than it really was. This case was simple however, a kid with a rash, and I didn’t expect it to take long. I had turned to Mackenzie as I left, just after breakfast, “You don’t think I need to change out of my shorts and flip […]

Honduras 2014

Honduras 2014

The baleada is a fresh tortilla, made with a smear of beans, scrambled eggs and topped with a sour-tasting cheese, named after a bullet, given its folded in half and aerodynamic shape. This small, but delicious Honduran cultural delight is certainly something I won’t forget. As the patients got wind of food in the halls, ever so kindly they notified me they would be in the cafeteria eating lunch while they waited for their visit with me. I would often accompany them at the table, discussing a sick family member while passing the pico salsa to place on top of […]

Pop Wuj Clinic & Spanish School in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Pop Wuj Clinic & Spanish School in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

With the generous support of the Family Medicine Education Fund (FMED) I had the privilege to work and study at Pop Wuj, a non-profit organization in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Pop Wuj is a Spanish school with a medical clinic and several public health outreach programs that students participate in while learning Spanish. My medical work while at Pop Wuj was split between primary care at the clinic and public health community outreach through mobile clinics, a nutrition program and a safe stove building project. At Pop Wuj clinic I saw a combination of the chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, […]

Dr. Connie Leeper Spends Elective In Njinikom, Cameroon

Dr. Connie Leeper Spends Elective In Njinikom, Cameroon

I spent my elective in St. Martin de Porres Catholic Hospital in Njinikom, Cameroon. St. Martin de Porres Hospital is on a Catholic compound that also contains a convent, orphanage, schools and outreach programs. At the hospital, there are currently 2 married American missionary family physicians, Dr. Brent Burket and Dr. Jennifer Thoene, a Cameroonian general practitioner, Dr. Eugene, a Guinean Ob-Gyn, Dr. Dabo, a Cameroonian general surgeon, Dr. Foku, and a Cameroonian orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Lazare. Brent and Jennifer, with whom I primarily worked, moved to Cameroon in August of 2013. Prior to living and working in Cameroon, they […]

Honduras With Dr. Christopher Adkins

Honduras With Dr. Christopher Adkins

International training is an essential part of a broad spectrum family medicine residency, and thanks to Dr. Starr and the FMed Fund, I was able to partake in a week long international elective in Honduras. The initial plan was to assist Dr. Starr and other Honduran Plastic Surgeons in performing cleft palate surgery on children. This plan then changed when I was made aware of a desire on the part of some very prominent physicians and administrators in the University Hospital in Tegucigalpa to form a Family Medicine training program. As a soon-to-be Family Medicine graduate, I was asked to […]