Rachel Reimer Travels to the Gambia

2012 Aug 27

Rachel Reimer of Altoona is a senior studying Psycology at Juniata College. Reimer, along with other students raised almost $2,000 before the trip to help pay for solar panels for rural Gambian hospitals. This was the eighth trip to Gambia for Juniata students that links itself to a spring semester course on politics and human rights, women's rights, the role of Islam in Gambian society and health care in Gambia.

Reimer is the daughter of Daryl and Colleen Reimer and a 2009 graduate of Altoona Area Senior High School.