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MEET and HVO Partnership for Nutritional Training in Vietnam
In 2016, nutrition specialist Dr. Susan Kleiner’s husband received a call from a friend looking for a dentist to join a volunteer trip to Can…
Reflections from 2025 Golden Apple Honoree Dr. Katharine Lowndes
By Katharine Lowndes, MBBS, FRCPath In 2018, when I was looking into volunteering opportunities, HVO stood out as – and remains – one of the…
Celebrating Two Decades of Saving Newborn Lives in Uganda
https://youtu.be/PSjhnoJIxSw Watch the video to hear Dr. Yvonne Vaucher and Dr. Margaret Nakeeto share their work in neonatal care in Uganda. In the twenty-three years…
Teaching and Learning in Guatemala
By Madeleine Hines, DPT I found HVO while I was searching for an organization that did sustainable service travel for physical therapists. I read the websites…
Volunteer Reflection – An Orthopaedic Surgeon in Tanzania
In March 2024, Jordan Tropf, MD, traveled to Moshi, Tanzania to teach at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC). He was the recipient of an HVO…
Leading Vietnam’s First Oncology Nurse Training Course
Written by: Amy Sacco, RN, MS, OCN In March of 2023 while I was scrolling through my e-mail, a new post on the Oncology Nursing…