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Medical/Community Health Teams
  • Medical Ministry International Interdenominational,30 countries served. *
  • Himalayan-Healthcare Treking to remote villages in Nepal..for the physically fit!
  • Remote Area Medical 50,000 patients treated since 1991.
  • Vida Medical volunteers travel in teams to care for children who can not or will not be adopted, 10-14 day commitment, Guatemala, Columbia.
  • National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Honduras, Spanish recommended. *
  • Global Outreach 7-14 day trips, Belize, Hati, Honduras, India and more. *
  • Medical Ambassadors International Many countries served, 14 day trips or longer. *
  • M.E.D.I.C.O. In seven years, 48 trips to Mexico and Honduras treating over 51,000 patients.
  • Esperanca Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, Ships and land-based. Esperanca means "hope" in Portugese.*
  • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Clinics,teaching. *
  • Catholic Medical Mission Board Minimum 7 to 28 days.
  • Direct Relief International Direct Relief International provides medical material aid including medicines, medical supplies and equipment to strengthen in-country health efforts around the world to improve the quality of life for the most impoverished people.
  • FAVA/CA ,Florida Association of Voluntary Agencies for Caribbean Action "Short-term technical assistance and training in health, agriculture, social services, education and more by professionals in Florida at the request of partner organizations in the Caribbean and Central America."
  • Global Volunteers Choose a volunteer vacation abroad or serve on USA volunteer programs. Live and work with local people on life-affirming community development projects for one to three weeks. Extended stay options up to 40 weeks.
  • NGOabroad Custom-Fit International Service, clearinghouse, consultation and referral service that custom fits your skills, interests and goals to international humanitarian needs. Check out their web site for testimonials from individuals who have subscribed to this unique service.
  • The Flying Hospital Past trips to El Salvador, Panama, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, and India. The Flying Hospital is the largest fully-equipped, self-contained airborne hospital ever built...is a wide-body, three-engine Lockheed L-1011-50 which features: a three station surgical suite; a 12 bed pre/postoperative area; an ENT (ear, nose, throat)/dental suite; a pharmacy, and a classroom seating section for 67 medical professionals. Provides free medical surgical care in developing nations.
  • Feed the Children 10-14 day committtment, volunteer covers all costs. Central America, approx. $1100 from USA, Africa, $2600.
  • Adventist Development and Relief Agency minimum, 3 weeks, serve in many countries.
  • Bridges to Community Teams travel to Nicarauga and Kenya. 1-2 week trips, Volunteers pay $1200 and up.

    * Asterisk indicates a volunteer " Faith-affiliation" is required by the organization.
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  • McBride: Haiti, 6 months later, still in disarray cachevalleydaily.com: Thirty hours after Mandy McBride arrived in Haiti on a humanitarian trip on January 12, the devastating 7.0 magnitude...
  • Former nurse carries on profession as volunteer fergusfallsjournal.com: For three-quarters of a century, Virginia Reed has had a connection to the medical profession — as a nurse...
  • Local nurse is watching out for you Fredericknewspost.com: Nancy Boyd, a registered nurse, has made a career and volunteer life out of looking out for just about everybody she can...
  • The New Doctors in the House usnews.com: Nightingales are soaring. Gone are the days when medical... etiquette had nurses standing at attention when doctors entered the room or silently bowing...
  • Dedicated nurses are unsung heroes buffalonews.com: We have all been in the hospital at one time or another. Someone in the family — mom, dad, maybe a spouse, perhaps a child— was sick...
  • A Day In Haiti's Hospitals huffingtonpost.com: General Hospital in Port-au-Prince is a gated compound. The buildings that weren't destroyed have been cleaned out and are being used...
  • Tireless Red Cross volunteer honored rblandmark.com: Riverside resident Nellie Brennan will be honored tonight by the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago for her 55 years of volunteer service...
  • Hearts of Gold recipients service-minded newberggraphic.com: Providence Newberg Health Foundation didn’t have to look far this year for its Hearts of Gold honorees — two standout volunteer couples were working right under its nose...
  • Volunteer a 'breath of fresh air' dailypress.com: SUFFOLK — —Mary DeGroft of Smithfield couldn't sit on the sidelines anymore. "I was thoroughly enjoying retirement for three years," she said...
  • Volunteer brings out best in people timesleader.com: Aristotle once said that, “Memory is the scribe of the soul.” If that is true, then Joy Yunko is not only a skilled licensed practical nurse, but a prolific author as well...
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