Spring Trip March 2-18, 2007

The spring trip for Project Vietnam is a combination of training, medico-surgical work and program development activities. In Kien Giang province, the Medical Mission team will deliver surgical operations for children with cleft lip and cleft palate, facial deformities and eye problems, medical and oral health exams and treatments at schools, orphanages and needy communes. We will also update the medical personnel and offer training on Newborn & Children Emergency Care to reduce pediatric mortality.

Main highlights of the March 2007 trip are:

• Training courses for Newborn Care Initiative at Ho Chi Minh City & Kien Giang province
• Primary Care work at a Kien Giang province March 4-9
• Surgical work at Kien Giang General Hospital March 11-16

Click to download an application or view the program for 2007.

Please note that applications are due (with $225 non-refundable deposit) by January 1, 2007.

Summer Camp: Health Services of Khanh Hoa, July 1-15, 2007

During the summer, Project Vietnam will be hosting a summer camp for volunteers in the beautiful beach city of Nha Trang. There will be group activities with Vietnam students from the School of Healthcare Professionals and Teachers’ School. The group will provide rehabilitation for one Rural clinic and one school and run health clinics at needy rural sites.

Click to find out more information or download an application for the Summer Camp.

Fall Medical Mission Oct 30-Nov 11, 2007

On this trip Project Vietnam which will seek to deliver comprehensive health assistance to a needy province in Vietnam and to bring updated knowledge to health professionals nationwide. Educational and medical institutions in North and South Vietnam have come to regard the conferences as regular events. Trainings will take place at the School of Medicine & hospitals in Ho chi Minh City, Hanoi & Vietnam Children’s Hospitals. The Medical Mission will also include follow-up assessments at project sites (for primary care & training activities).

More information will be available in the next few months. Please check back soon.

Ongoing Projects in 2007 (contact us for scheduling information)

All through the year, volunteers are recruited to work at various sites in Vietnam on ongoing projects for a minimum of 2 weeks. There will be episodic visits by physicians from the US, and 1 general surgeon will be spending 1 month in Hanoi. Volunteers will be supervised by Project Vietnam in-country Program Coordinator and weekly email reports are required with a final report upon completion. 

The reports from our volunteers have helped Project Vietnam to gain understanding of local systems and recommend improved guidelines for healthcare in Vietnam.

• Survey and studies in areas of Infection Control & prevalent child health problems such as childhood asthma & school health
• Monitoring and data collection for model programs such as Newborn care, Emergency care in Hanoi and Phu Quoc island, and Rural health pilot programs
• English classes for local physicians at sites with ongoing programs.

Volunteers will reside at identified lodgings, cost estimated $25/day/person excluding airfare + $200 for working visa. Volunteers are encouraged to raise $500 or more to assist projects in Vietnam. Besides the trips listed above, Project Vietnam is recruiting medical volunteers (including medical students and residents) to work on other ongoing projects, especially at Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang) and Vinh Phuc provinces. Contact us for more information.

Who can participate?

Physicians and healthcare personnel-especially newborn care specialists & pediatricians, engineers, technical people and handymen, volunteers with humanitarian passion.

Knowledge of Vietnamese is not a requisite, and referrals from past participants receive first priority. Early registration is recommended. 

What kind of work can non-medical volunteers do?

Because of the diversity of areas of assistance, volunteers are needed to help the various teams in management tasks, patient relations, supplies control and distribution, support work and translation if Vietnamese-speaking. Because of the absence of resource locally, patient transport, registration, instruction etc. are all done manually and offer opportunities for wonderful interactions with the children and their families. Volunteers with administrative skills are in demand.

Inquiries

For inquiries please contact
Quynh Kieu, MD, Coordinator for Project Vietnam 
11100 Warner suite 116, 
Fountain Valley, CA 92708 
Tel: (714)641-0850, 
Fax: (714)434-6158 , 
email projectvietnam@yahoo.com

To sign-up, please click here to download an application, and email the completed application and your resume to Quynh Kieu MD.
You will be interviewed by the Coordinator. Knowledge of Vietnamese is not a requisite, and referrals from past participants receive first priority. Early registration is recommended.