Global Brigades (GB) is a nonprofit health and sustainable development organization that works with volunteers from North American and European universities, as well as local staff in Central America and West Africa.

Global Brigades currently has 7 different programs: public health,[4] water,[5] engineering,[6] business,[7] medical,[8] dental,[9] and legal empowerment.

[15] In 2003, co-founders Duffy Casey and Shital Chauhan in partnership with a local Honduran organization, Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos (SAN,) led a group of doctors and Marquette University students to Honduras in order to provide medical care to rural communities.

After partnering with co-founders Arman Nadershahi and Liran Amir, Casey and Chauhan formalized a US nonprofit organization named Global Medical Relief.

The organization also launched its first social enterprise, Cafe Holistico, in partnership with coffee-growing communities in Central America, with the goal to double and triple farmer income while producing gourmet coffee for students to fundraise with.

[17] Global Brigades aligns their Holistic Model with the three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-being, clean water and sanitation, and decent work and economic growth.