Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International

Countries

  • Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  • Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia
  • Albania, Macedonia
  • Lebanon, Tajikistan
  • India, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Philippines, Papua New Guinea

Types of Opportunities

  • Ophthalmologists are needed to perform surgeries and to educate and promote skills exchange with local ophthalmologists

Expected Costs

Seva

Countries

  • Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti
  • Peru, Paraguay
  • Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar
  • India, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh

Types of Opportunities

Project Hope

Countries

  • Egypt, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa Tanzania
  • Domican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru
  • China
  • Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  • India, Indonesia, Nepal Philippines
  • United Arab Emirates

Types of Opportunities

Project C.U.R.E

Countries

  • 2017 Clinic Trips - Panama, Haiti, Suriname, Ghana, Paraguay, Peru
  • 2018 Clinic Trips - Panama, Haiti, India

Types of Opportunities

  • Pediatrics, women's health, rheumatology, family practice, and generalists 

Expected Costs

  • Vary based on location
  • Cover all in-country expenses, including ldoging, meals, transportation, and medical supplies for the trip

Language

  • No requirements

Physicians for Peace

Countries

  • Colombia
  • Costa Rice, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua
  • Malawi
  • Philippines

Types of Opportunities

  • International Medical Educators: medical and health professionals that share clinical knowledge and work to train local professionals

Expected Costs

  • Variable depending on country, trip duration 

Language

  • No requirement

Operation Smile

Countries

  • Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, Dominican Republic
  • Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Morocco, Ghana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa
  • Italy, Switzerland, UK, Ireland, Sweden
  • Jordan, United Arab Emirates
  • China, South Korea, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines
  • Australia

Types of Opportunities

Operation Rainbow

Countries

  • Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador
  • Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala
  • Philippines

Types of Opportunities

  • Surgeons, pediatricians, nurses, anesthesiologists, technicians, and other health professionals

Expected Costs

  • Vary based on mission, location, and duration of time

Language

  • No requirements 

Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) / Doctors without Borders

 

Countries Served

  • MSF works in countries all over the globe. Currently, MSF has teams in Yemen, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria.

Types of Opportunities

  • Physicians, nurses, NPs, surgeons, midwives, anesthesiologists/anesthetists, mental health specialists pharmacists, obstetricians/gynecologists, lab technicians, epidemiologists
  • A time commitment of 9-12 months minimum is required 

Expected Costs