What Does Street Medicine Look Like?
What does street medicine look like in real life? It looks like compassionate care delivered directly to our unsheltered neighbors on sidewalks, in parks, and wherever people need support most.
Doctors Without Walls brings volunteer medical and dental professionals into the community to provide free healthcare, essential resources, and human connection to individuals facing homelessness and unstable living conditions in Santa Barbara County.
Through mobile outreach and programs like the Women’s Free Homeless Clinic, we meet patients where they are with dignity, respect, and hope. Alongside our dedicated clinicians, we also engage pre-med and health professional students, helping cultivate the next generation of compassionate healthcare leaders through hands-on service and mentorship.
For nearly 20 years, DWW has worked to ensure that no one is left without care simply because they lack housing. Donations of any amount greatly support our mission and help us continue our operations so that our patients, no matter their ethnicity, legal status, background, financial situation, or insurance status, can receive the free care they deserve.
Doctors Without Walls
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(805) 455-4234
Operations Manager: Ruth Guevara
Mission
DWW-SBSM is dedicated to providing free, volunteer medical care for the most vulnerable of Santa Barbara County, when and where they are in need, including in times of disaster, and to provide education and training for DWW-SBSM volunteers and others, in order to promote the excellent practice of humanitarian medicine in our hometown and elsewhere.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
Help Build Care Where None Remains
Doctors Without Walls’ volunteer-powered model means every donated dollar reaches the marginalized in Santa Barbara County, where need is rising and reimbursements are vanishing. Here are the ways you can help:
• $1,000 supports one of the new specialty clinics for a month of operations.
• $5,000 stocks the gynecology clinic for ongoing labs and supplies.
• $7,500 launches the new dermatology clinic.
• $10,000 funds an entire specialty clinic for the year.
• $20,000 helps expand the organization’s return to primary care for the marginalized.
Key Supporters
Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara
Natalie Orfalea Foundation
CenCal Health
Santa Barbara County
Public Health
Direct Relief