Holistic Development is the system of collectively implementing health, economic,and education  initiatives to strategically meet a community's development goals. For Global Brigades, it includes the preparation, delivery, and follow-up of nine unique programs conducted in collaboration with community members, student volunteers, and local technicians. It is a global development theory and methodology that suggests that sustainable change can be accomplished when a community's health, economic, and educationalsystems are collectively developed or improved together.