[Blindtlk] Fwd: [ProCOR] Volunteer in Africa and Asia

Mon Jan 7 21:42:17 CST 2008

>
>         -----Original Message-----
>From: procor-bounces at healthnet.org [mailto:procor-bounces at healthnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Jennifer Staple
>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:48 PM
>To: procor at healthnet.org
>Subject: [ProCOR] Volunteer in Africa and Asia
>
>Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On
>CNN Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through January
>2009. Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are
>accepted.  Apply today!
>
>Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring:
>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 is a 501(c)(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.
>
>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, public
>health students and professionals, nurses, physician's assistants,
>teachers and educators, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, doctors,
>opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
>
>What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience
>while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn
>about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while
>working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an
>opportunity to perform cataract surgery on a goat's eye.
>
>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. 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. Volunteers
>immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored
>after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.
>
>While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and
>draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global
>health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they
>can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that
>leaves no person blind in the future.
>
>What Do Volunteers Say?:
>
>"During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight's
>service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the
>light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this
>display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization's service
>so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all,
>making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would
>care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world
>for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has
>inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged
>communities around the world."-Chiwing "Jessica" Qu, Yale University
>Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2007
>
>"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
>
>"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical
>school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra
>(Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides
>volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement -- being able to help
>out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me
>that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with
>anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For
>Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a
>classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life
>experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student,
>Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
>
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>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chwalow, Judith
>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:51 PM
>To: NCB staff
>Subject: FW: [ProCOR] Volunteer in Africa and Asia
>
>  Does anyone have a candidate for a blind intern?
>
>Judy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: procor-bounces at healthnet.org [mailto:procor-bounces at healthnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Jennifer Staple
>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:48 PM
>To: procor at healthnet.org
>Subject: [ProCOR] Volunteer in Africa and Asia
>
>Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On
>CNN Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through January
>2009. Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are
>accepted.  Apply today!
>
>Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring:
>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 is a 501(c)(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.
>
>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, public
>health students and professionals, nurses, physician's assistants,
>teachers and educators, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, doctors,
>opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
>
>What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience
>while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn
>about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while
>working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an
>opportunity to perform cataract surgery on a goat's eye.
>
>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. 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. Volunteers
>immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored
>after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.
>
>While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and
>draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global
>health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they
>can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that
>leaves no person blind in the future.
>
>What Do Volunteers Say?:
>
>"During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight's
>service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the
>light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this
>display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization's service
>so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all,
>making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would
>care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world
>for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has
>inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged
>communities around the world."-Chiwing "Jessica" Qu, Yale University
>Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2007
>
>"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
>
>"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical
>school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra
>(Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides
>volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement -- being able to help
>out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me
>that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with
>anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For
>Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a
>classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life
>experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student,
>Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
>
>_____________________________________________________________________
>
>Contribute to ProCOR's Global Dialogue by replying to this message or
>sending an email to <procor at healthnet.org>.
>
>Engage others in the discussion by forwarding this message to
>colleagues.
>
>We welcome new participants! Subscribing is free--simply send an email
>to <procor-join at healthnet.org>.
>
>Questions, comments? Send feedback to Catherine Coleman, Editor in
>Chief, ProCOR <ccoleman5 at partners.org>.
>
>ProCOR (www.procor.org) is a program of the Lown Cardiovascular Research
>Foundation. ProCOR's email discussion is hosted by SATELLIFE
>(www.healthnet.org), The Global Health Information Network.
>
>Change subscription options by sending email with 'help' in subject to
><procor-request at healthnet.org>, or by visiting
>http://list.healthnet.org/mailman/listinfo/procor