The mission of Team Tobati is to help the poor of Tobati, Paraguay. The team also seeks to educate U.S. high school students by offering them the opportunity to interact and assist individuals faced daily with the challenges of underdevelopment and poverty. Team Tobati is a volunteer group made up of high school students and faculty who, along with local medical professionals and volunteers, seek to accomplish three primary goals. First, the organization hopes to raise the standard of living of the impoverished majority of Tobati, Paraguay. The team actively supports the improvement of education and healthcare within this poor rural community. Second, by spending time in Paraguay, Team Tobati members experience a radically different culture and economic reality from their own. Each March, team members spend two weeks in Tobati working extensively with community leaders and the poor of the region. Students, teachers, and volunteers see first hand the low wages, the underemployment, the malnutrition, the lack of formal medical attention, and the insufficient educational structures that exist throughout the developing world. Third, through fund-raising campaigns, various donation drives, and numerous community service projects, team members gain the perspective and pride that come from directly helping a region condemned to poverty.