Global Impact Corps

Immersive Healthcare Delivery Experience in Ghana, Honduras, and India

Review complete details and application instructions at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad.

Participate in a hands-on, immersive, and unique global health experience for weeks or months in Ghana, Honduras, or India.  Students and professionals support and assist local doctors as the local doctors provide care in villages, slums, and refugee camps to those who are otherwise unable to access or afford care.  During the past decade, Unite For Sight has worked with our local partners to provide care to 2.3 million patients, including more than 97,000 sight-restoring surgeries.  Unite For Sight's program offers extensive learning opportunities for those interested in any aspect of public health, medicine, international development, and social entrepreneurship.  Participants support and learn from the talented local doctors who are social entrepreneurs addressing complex global health issues.

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Global Health Leadership Internship

Unpaid Internship in New Haven, Connecticut

Review complete details and application instructions at http://www.uniteforsight.org/internships.

The Global Health Leadership Internship provides outstanding undergraduate, public health, medical, and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, with an opportunity to engage in high impact front-line global health delivery programs.  This internship has a minimum of a full-time 4 week commitment, but at least an 8-12 week commitment is preferable.  A minimum of a 6 week commitment is required during the summer months.  The internship opportunity is available year-round.  In this position, the Intern will work closely with Unite For Sight’s Core Management Team on global health programming. Interns work from our New Haven office that overlooks the Yale campus. 

Thanks to Lanch McCormick of Unite for Sight for this information item.

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