Empower 4,000 Health Workers around the Globe

As 2018 comes to a close, at HVO we are proud to have had a busy year, with over 447 volunteer assignments completed, five new projects initiated, a peer-reviewed eBook on international partnerships published, and training provided to hundreds of health care providers. Those are some of the statistics of the year. Here are comments from an HVO volunteer and a colleague who received training.

Dr. George P. is an internal medicine physician who has volunteered with HVO on many occasions. After a recent trip to Nepal, he wrote:

"I am always impressed that wherever I volunteer with HVO, I find highly competent, intelligent, caring, dedicated, and altruistic physicians and other health care givers who are doing an amazing job of helping the people in their country despite limited resources. The health care workers always want to learn and improve their skills and are welcoming and grateful to volunteers who come to spend a short amount of time with them. I find it enriches my life to meet these kind of people and to spend some time with them."

In addition to providing training and education at project sites, HVO offers scholarships to health care providers who are early in their careers but have demonstrated strong abilities and leadership skills. One recent scholarship recipient was a physical therapist from Bhutan, Mr. Monu T. He completed four weeks of intensive training in Australia and wrote:

"It was the last week of our course. All sorts of emotion filled my heart. I was saddened by the fact the course was coming to an end and at the same time I was appreciative of my transformation. I was loaded with evidence-based, research-informed techniques and information. It isn’t any exaggeration; I learnt more in 4 weeks than what I learnt in 4 years in college."

Each of these people has had their life enriched and transformed by the experience. Thank you for your support in helping HVO transform lives through education.