Dear Friends,
As we head into the fall season and prepare for the coming year, I am very pleased at all that has already been accomplished this year. We welcomed a new sponsor (British Society for Haematology), opened four new projects (pediatrics in Nepal, physical therapy in Rwanda, oncology in Uganda, and nursing education in Hai Duong, Vietnam), sponsored eight Wyss and two Warfield scholars, and recognized nine recipients of HVO’s Golden Apple Award for their extraordinary commitment.
In the summer, HVO published a
peer-reviewed eBook
in partnership with
Frontiers in Public Health
and, in the announcement below, you’ll see we are launching an e-volunteering initiative to foster new ways of providing training and education to our colleagues abroad. All of this is in addition to our core programming efforts of our many committed volunteers who serve in 95 projects across 19 clinical specialties, in 27 countries around the world. Together, with our partners in over 100 institutions, we are working to provide more trained health workers providing quality care to their communities, which leads to better patient care.
Health care is fundamental to quality of life, and essential for survival. HVO is committed to finding innovative ways to deliver training to ensure that access to quality care is available.
We are working on additional training models, which we will share soon. In the meantime, I can’t wait to see all that we can accomplish going forward, with your support!
Sincerely,
Nancy
Nancy A. Kelly
Executive Director
