In April 2020, Global Communities and PCI announced a merger to form one organization based on shared missions and complementary areas of technical expertise and geographic reach.
PCI was founded in San Diego in 1961 with the goal of helping the world’s most impoverished communities gain access to better health.
In 1962, a program was established in Hong Kong’s Walled City through a floating clinic in the harbor set up to offer medical services.
In the next 30 years, PCI launched programs in Bali, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Bolivia, Belize, Somalia, The Gambia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Nicaragua, Zambia and India.
Over the next two decade, they expanded their global presence to include Honduras, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa.