Unite For Sight: Ιατρικά εθελοντικά προγράμματα στο εξωτερικό

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Αγαπητοί φίλοι και φίλες,

σας προωθούμε μία ανακοίνωση για πολύ ενδιαφέρουσες προτάσεις εθελοντικής εργασίας σε διάφορες χώρες του εξωτερικού για φοιτητές ιατρικής και νέους γιατρούς. Από την Unite For Sight. (στα Αγγλικά). Για πληροφορίες μη διστάσετε να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας.

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Volunteer Abroad With Unite For Sight in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer

Make A Difference!

http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

Save Eyes and Lives. Every Eye, A Life.

Those who are blind in Africa have a four times higher mortality rate

60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years

80% of blindness is curable or preventable

How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight (http://www.uniteforsight.org ) is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008

What Do Volunteers Do?: The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight's volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. Visiting volunteers from North America range from undergraduate and medical students, educators, nurses, and public health professionals to optometrists and ophthalmologists. The eye clinic's eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic's eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds

Who Is Eligible to Participate?: The Unite For Sight internship is open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate students to medical students, nurses, educators, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

What Do Volunteers Say?:

"After an amazing experience volunteering with Unite for Sight in Ghana in 2005, where I made lifelong friends, learned to face challenges I never dreamed I would encounter, and most importantly helped hundreds of people who had previously been unable to see, I could not wait to become involved with Unite for Sight again. The incredible experience I had in Chennai, India this past summer 2006 made me realize that the success of my first internship was not a fluke, that Unite for Sight's programs all over the world are strong not only in helping the medically underserved, but also in educating and changing the lives of volunteers.

The medical staff at the Uma Eye Clinic in Chennai were hard-working, welcoming, and totally committed both to caring for the patients funded by Unite for Sight and to helping Unite for Sight volunteers become comfortable in a foreign environment. Time and time again they went out of their way to teach us ophthalmologic skills with care and patience. It was a true gift to be able to learn one-on-one from excellent physicians about all steps in the cataract surgery process.

The men, women, and children I met at our traveling eye camps were badly in need of eye care, and I am grateful that we were able to help them. They were also lovely hosts and were excited to show us their culture. As they showed me where they worked and lived, I was often struck by the fact that their sight is important not only to their quality of life, but often also to their ability to provide for themselves and their families. It was at these times that I realized the importance of Unite for Sight's mission.

Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others' lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India (2006) and Ghana (2005)

What Programs Are Available? Winter 2008, Spring 2008, Summer 2008. Fall 2008. Opportunities any time of the year. http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

Available Programs

Winter 2007

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details

January 1-10; January 1-15; January 10-20; January 20-30; January 1-30;

February 1-10; February 1-15; February 10-20; February 20-30; February 1-30;

March 1-10; March 10-20; March 20-30; March 1-15; March 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than one session)

Tamale, Ghana View details

Flexible dates for 3 weeks or more. Select dates that work best for you.

Asia

Bihar, India View details

January 4-14; January 15-22; January 15-30;

Flexible Dates in February and March. Select dates that work best for your schedule.

Chennai, India View details

December 18-30; December 28-January 6; December 28-January 10;

January 1-10; January 10-20; January 20-30; January 1-30;

February 1-10; February 10-20; February 20-30; February 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Jodhpur, India View details

January 5-15; January 15-25;

February 1-10; February 10-20; February 20-30;

March 1-10; March 10-20; March 20-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

New Delhi, India View details

December 15-January 10; March 1-20. Other date requests might be possible.

Spring 2008

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details

February 1-10; February 1-15; February 10-20; February 20-30; February 1-29;

March 1-10; March 1-15; March 10-20; March 20-30; March 1-30;

May 1-10; May 1-15; May 10-20; May 20-30; May 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Tamale, Ghana View details

Flexible dates for 3 weeks or more. Select dates that work best for you.

Asia

Bihar, India View details

Flexible dates for 7-14 days. Select dates that work best for your schedule.

Chennai, India View details

February 1-10; February 10-20; February 20-29; February 1-29;

March 1-10; March 10-20; March 20-30; March 1-30;

April 1-10; April 10-20; April 20-30; April 1-30;

May 1-10; May 10-20; May 20-30; May 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Jodhpur, India View details

February 1-10; February 10-20; February 20-30; February 1-30

March 1-10; March 10-20; March 20-30; March 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

New Delhi, India View details

March 1-20. Other date requests might be possible.

Summer 2008

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details

May 1-10; May 10-20; May 20-30; May 1-15; May 1-30

June 1-10; June 10-20; June 20-30; June 1-15; June 1-30;

July 1-10; July 10-20; July 20-30; July 1-15; July 1-31;

August 1-10; August 10-20; August 20-30; August 1-15; August 15-30; August 1-30

September 1-10; September 10-20; September 20-30; September 1-15; September 15-30; September 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session)

Asikuma, Ghana View details

June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-20

Tamale, Ghana View details

May 22 - July 1; July 1 - August 18; July 27-August 18; August 18 - September 15 (volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session)

Asia

Bihar, India View details

May 5-14; May 15-24; May 25-June 10; June 15-25; July 15-31; August 1-15; August 16-25. Other date requests might be possible.

Chennai, India View details

May 1-10; May 10-May 20; May 20-30; May 1-30;

June 1-10; June 10-20; June 20-30; June 1-30;

July 1-10; July 10-20; July 20-31; July 1-31;

August 1-10; August 10-20; August 20-30; August 1-30

September 1-10; September 10-20; September 20-30; September 1-30

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session)

Jaipur, India View details

August 1-15; August 15-30; September 1-15; September 15-30

Jodhpur, India View details

July 5-August 5; August 20-30

New Delhi, India View details

May 10-30; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-20; August 1-25

Orissa, India View details

May 15-30; June 1-15; June 15-30; July 1-15; July 15-31; August 1-15; August 15-25 (volunteer may combine dates and participate in more than one session)

Fall 2008

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details

September 1-10; September 1-15; September 10-20; September 20-30; September 15-30

October 1-10; October 1-15; October 10-20; October 20-30

November 1-10; November 1-15; November 10-20; November 20-30

(volunteers may participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Tamale, Ghana View details

September 15-October 7; October 7-31 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Asia

Bihar, India View details

Flexible dates for 7-14 days. Select dates that fit best with your schedule.

Chennai, India View details

September 1-10; September 1-15; September 10-20; September 20-30; September 15-30

October 1-10; October 1-15; October 10-20; October 20-30; October 15-30

November 1-10; November 1-15; November 10-20; November 20-30; November 15-30.

(volunteers may participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Winter 2008

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details

December 1-10; December 10-20

January 1-10; January 1-15; January 10-20; January 20-30; January 1-30;

February 1-10; February 1-15; February 10-20; February 20-29; February 1-29;

March 1-10; March 1-15; March 10-20; March 1-30;

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than one session)

Tamale, Ghana View details

Flexible dates for 3 weeks or more. Select dates that work best for you.

Asia

Bihar, India View details

December 10-18; December 18-28; December 28-January 10; January 10-20; January 20-30. Other date requests might be possible.

Chennai, India View details

December 1-10; December 10-18; December 18-30; December 28-January 6; December 28-January 10

January 1-10; January 1-15; January 10-20; January 20-30; January 1-30

February 1-10; February 1-15; February 10-20; February 20-29; February 1-29

(volunteers may combine dates and participate in more than 1 session) Other date requests might be possible.

Jodhpur, India View details

Flexible dates for 2 weeks or more. Select dates that work best for your schedule.

New Delhi, India View details

December 15-January 10; March 1-20; Other date requests might be possible.

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