[Ip-health] Entrepreneurial Volunteering Abroad: High Impact Opportunities
Jennifer Staple
Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu
Wed Nov 19 13:13:01 2008
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Volunteer Abroad, Be Part of Global Problem Solving
Unite For Sight: Recruiting and Training New Leaders in Global Health
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The Ne=
w York Times
Unite For Sight engages, inspires, and trains volunteers to support and ass=
ist eye clinics globally. Volunteers receive hands-on training in internat=
ional community-based eye care, public health, and international developmen=
t, and while immersed in effective Unite For Sight programs, they gain skil=
ls to become new leaders in global health dedicated to creating lasting sol=
utions.
With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite For Sight has restored si=
ght to 18,500 patients and provided eye care to more than 600,000. Unite Fo=
r Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in =
their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For=
Sight programs are sustainable, apply best practice principles in global h=
ealth and development, and achieve effective change. Unite For Sight's prog=
rams also demonstrate the highest standards in social entrepreneurship.
=09? Experience the thrill of contributing to change on the highest level
=09? Be part of global problem solving
=09? Receive training in community-based program delivery
=09? Be immersed in effective global health and eye care programs
=09? Be inspired to become a leader in global health
=09? Join a movement of social innovators committed to global health and su=
stainable development
=09? Be engaged in ethical, high quality and high impact volunteerism
Contact: volunteers@uniteforsight.org <mailto:volunteers@uniteforsight.org>=
, http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad