Country: Guatemala, Honduras

Length of Trip: 1 Week

Trips per Year to Latin America: 1

Cost: Not available

Urban/Rural: Rural

Type of Volunteer: Physician/mid-level provider, Nurse, Dental

Type of Organization: Secular NGO

Type of Clinic: Mobile or Informal Clinic

Description:

Health Outreach is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing health services including public health, to impoverished people in remote areas of developing countries with the goal of enhancing lives.

Health Outreach is a group of health care providers dedicated to overseas charity projects. Our work responds to people around the world in need of healthcare ... Care that members can easily provide when given the opportunity. The organization is a non-profit and non-denominational international health organization based in Toronto, Canada.

Health Outreach sends dental/medical teams to developing countries. Our current sponsor community is Monterrico located on the west coast of Guatemala. A tour of duty is 10 days to 2 weeks. In addition to lending their skills, health workers lead public health education talks to local community members and health personnel. Some working knowledge of the Spanish language is expected before traveling to the country. Accommodations are usually modest, comfortable and inexpensive.

Local volunteers

Health Outreach has volunteer opportunities at home on an ongoing basis. Volunteers help with office work, fund-raising, desktop publishing and research as well as oversee special events. Together our volunteer possess a diversity of skills and contribute tremendously to our cause.

Organizational Base: Toronto, Canada

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