Although volunteering in global health care is not new to me, my travels to India with Project Starfish India proved to be a unique, stimulating and very rewarding experience. Project Starfish India is a secular organization that partners with Holy Cross Hospital located in the town of Nagercoil. Nagercoil is
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5 Best Places to Volunteer Abroad in Medicine
Sadly, there are too many communities around the world in need of healthcare support and a few of them are desperate for the medical expertise that the modern world can offer. Some nations are actually struggling to keep their populations in basic good health. Most of these distressed countries gratefully
See the World, Change the World with Health Volunteers Overseas
What if your volunteer assignment could save lives and improve patient outcomes long after your service ended? Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) ensures that short-term volunteer assignments have long-term impact. HVO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality and availability of care in resource-scarce countries by providing education, training
Donna McVay reports on her recent trip to Guatemala
This is Mike. He is the person who made the bowl that I sent and will be up for auction at next years fundraising celebration. He makes a lot of wooden items. He said it took about a week to make the bowl. It is sanded and treated to enable
Measles in South Sudan by Sue Averill
Imagine this is your home, your ‘hood, your life. You struggle to get by, to find or grow or be given enough food. You carry water for miles from a pump (borehole) some organization has drilled to let you have potable water instead of drinking from a nearby river where you also bathe, wash clothes
Malaria, Measles and Knee Bone Soup
Another hectic week trying to make some big project decisions, read the hundreds of daily emails (I’m trying to stop the flow), and solve the problems of the world My day typically starts about 6 am, cold shower, coffee and a bit of yogurt in my room (well, it’s
What a week! An update from Sue in South Sudan
What a week! On Monday I visited the field project in Agok – if you recall, in May of 2008 I went when the village of Abyei was burned down, team evacuated, and restarted mobile clinics for the 30,000 displaced south of the River Kiir. Agok is now a real town and our project is
“It’s good to be back” by Sue Averill
Eight years ago, I never thought I’d say that about Juba, South Sudan. I was trashed – burned out and exhausted, feeling like I’d failed my team and myself. 5 days ago I arrived to ever-present chaos, heat and crowds but at the office to warm welcomes from national staff
Kathleen Kenny and Midwives for Haiti
Overall, the trip to Haiti went well. I worked with Midwives for Haiti which is truly an amazing organization. I was planning on helping to train the Haitian midwifery students. My knowledge is the most valuable thing I have to offer, and from a sustainability perspective, I felt this would
Sue is in South Sudan
Wise man once said, “Don’t stumble around barefoot in the dark.” Eight years ago South Sudan left me a burned out, sad, exhausted mess. I’m back for two months in the same role: Medical Coordinator. The situation in the country is no less dire: epidemics, tropical diseases not known in the Western world, inexperienced