Transforming Lives

Through Education

Watch the video to learn how HVO partners and volunteers are transforming access to cancer care in Nepal. 

News and Stories

Vietname countryside

The Intergenerational Impact of Service

Dr. Adam Bjork shares the impact of family volunteer trips to Uganda.

Training Surgeons, Transforming Care

2026 Golden Apple Award recipient Dr. Kanu Okike shares ten years of volunteer experience in Ghana.

HVO Volunteers Support and Guide Each Other

HVO volunteers support each other on their travels.

WHO-WE-ARE

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Our Work

HVO is dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in resource-scarce countries through the training, mentorship, and education of local health professionals. Highly skilled health professionals serve as volunteers providing both in-person and virtual trainings. We also provide scholarships for on-site clinicians to participate in international continuing education opportunities. Around the world, HVO is transforming lives through education, working towards a world where all people have access to high-quality health care delivered by local health professionals.

Our Impact

Around the world, HVO is transforming lives through education

12,244+

volunteer assignments since 1986

245

international partners since 1986

95

projects in 22 countries

3,100+

health professionals trained annually