Transforming Lives

Through Education

Members share what their HVO experiences have meant to them.

News and Stories

Volunteering with HVO for the First Time: Teaching Nurses in Vietnam

First-time volunteers share their experience presenting to nurses at a conference in Vietnam.

Vietname countryside

Teaching and Learning in Guatemala

Madeleine Hines shares her experience training physical therapists in Guatemala.

Sustainable Change in Orthopaedic Care at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center

Dr. Robert Erdin led a team on a four-week visit to Tanzania providing hands-on surgical training, lectures, and mentorship.

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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

volunteer assignments since 1986

international partners since 1986

projects in 22 countries

health professionals trained annually