Making Medical Dreams (MMD) is an educational nonprofit run by high school students and educators around the Bay Area.
The ancient Chinese proverb is at the heart of MMD's mission. For the purpose of increasing global access to education, MMD works to provide an education to students of all ages and grade levels, from secondary school to graduate level programs. There exists a severe and widening discrepancy in access to education, especially in developing countries with high poverty rates. MMD seeks to bridge this gap, by bringing schools, teachers, and curriculum to communities without these resources.
It is irrefutable that education is the only way to reverse the oppressive structures of society and foster social mobility. Education is the single most effective way of reducing poverty, reversing oppressive structures of society, and fostering social mobility in developing countries. Access to education has a dual effect, both providing economic opportunities to students to lift them out of poverty, and creating a positive feedback loop of well-educated students enabling the next generation in their communities.
With the proper education a child can become a doctor, lawyer, or engineer with the potential to give back to their community. This potential, that each child possesses, can completely transform the face of any community. MMD’s philosophy is centered on the belief that education is empowerment, and seeks to enable students, metaphorically teaching each to fish and catch their dreams.
The ancient Chinese proverb is at the heart of MMD's mission. For the purpose of increasing global access to education, MMD works to provide an education to students of all ages and grade levels, from secondary school to graduate level programs. There exists a severe and widening discrepancy in access to education, especially in developing countries with high poverty rates. MMD seeks to bridge this gap, by bringing schools, teachers, and curriculum to communities without these resources.
It is irrefutable that education is the only way to reverse the oppressive structures of society and foster social mobility. Education is the single most effective way of reducing poverty, reversing oppressive structures of society, and fostering social mobility in developing countries. Access to education has a dual effect, both providing economic opportunities to students to lift them out of poverty, and creating a positive feedback loop of well-educated students enabling the next generation in their communities.
With the proper education a child can become a doctor, lawyer, or engineer with the potential to give back to their community. This potential, that each child possesses, can completely transform the face of any community. MMD’s philosophy is centered on the belief that education is empowerment, and seeks to enable students, metaphorically teaching each to fish and catch their dreams.
Joachim Kavalakatt
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Rachel Maria
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Fr. Abraham Karukaparambil
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Susanto Beero
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Bethany Kavalakatt
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Dr. Susanto Kr Beero is currently working at ICAR-NIAP (National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research), New Delhi. He has completed M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D., in Economics from Indian Universities. His teaching interests are micro and macro economics, and research interests includes agricultural and rural economics, poverty, and education. He has published one book, nine papers in both national and international peer reviewed journals and three chapters in books.
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Bethany Kavalakatt was raised in the Bay Area, California. She is currently a medical student and graduated from California State University, Fullerton as a biological science major. Her academic pursuits have led her to conduct research in medical education and spend time in hospital and clinical environments. In her free time, she likes to paint and dance.
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"GIVE A MAN A FISH, AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY. TEACH A MAN HOW TO FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A LIFETIME"
About Us
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Making Medical Dreams (MMD), a 501(c)3 nonprofit established by college students, is a platform dedicated to uplifting and empowering the lives of children with various backgrounds through funding and supporting their education at every stage.
MMD works with both local homeless shelters in the Bay Area, as well as impoverished communities globally, such as in Odisha, India, and Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. |
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