HVO Volunteers Support and Guide Each Other
By Connie Evashwick, ScD, CAE, CPH and Danielle Stonehirsch HVO aspires to offer its partner organizations and its volunteers more…
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Ultrasound Education Takes Root in Nepal
In May 2025, HVO posted a blog about Dr. Peter Rice’s work bringing ultrasound training to our partner hospital Lumbini…
Building a Safer Future at Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital
Hospitals are meant to be safe havens. Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital (SKMH) in Kampot, Cambodia is striving to ensure that not…
Building Surgical Bridges
Dr. Rómulo Silva, an orthopedic surgeon in Portugal, was one of the first volunteers to serve at HVO’s new partner…
Year Two with HVO – Reflections from Vanessa Teed, RN
Vanessa Teed, MSN, RN, CEN, CGNC Global Nurse Educator | PhD in Nursing Student | ICN-Certified Global Nurse Consultant Since…
A Shared Commitment to Global Health
HVO does not see many volunteers travel as a couple, so we are excited to highlight Justin Johal and Ashlyn…
What Volunteering Gives Back: Dr. Louis Rafetto Reflects on a Career of Service
Dr. Louis Rafetto has been volunteering with the HVO oral health program since 1992. In that time, he has completed…
Thirty Years of Service: Orthodontic Training in Vietnam
Dr. Neil Kay has been volunteering with HVO’s oral health project in Vietnam for thirty years and in that time…
Friendship, Trust, and Lifesaving Care
Chantha Hou, head of the hematology and flow cytometry laboratory at Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has been working…