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Volunteer Connections 

Dr. Jill Derstine has been an HVO member and volunteer since the 90s and in that time has served as director for a number of HVO’s nursing projects. She is also a current steering committee member along with Mrs. Patty…

From the Classroom to Cambodia

Since 2007, Dr. Rick Henker, the director of HVO’s anesthesia project in Siem Reap, Cambodia, has been taking his students from the University of Pittsburgh to Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) to teach, learn, and connect with other students and…

Transformative Partnerships: How Education Changes Lives

For Betty Beard, what started as short-term volunteer assignment turned into a long-term commitment serving as the project director for HVO’s nursing project in Hai Duong, Vietnam. For the last five years, she has coordinated activities and mentored nurses at…