Bettering the World Through Global Surgical Nursing

Hands Across the World

http://handsacrossworld.com

Description: Hands Across the World is an organization that provides annual missions to rural communities that are underserved. Volunteers perform surgical operations to repair cleft lips, palates, head and neck deformities, and burn scar deformities.

Nursing: Nurses can volunteer for the annual week long mission trip to Ecuador where they will work in a surgical suite for oral and facial surgeries.

Funding: This trip is usually self-funded with some funds coming from sponsors of the organization.

Location: Ecuador

Uplift Internationale

http://www.upliftinternationale.org

Description: Uplift Internationale holds annual two week long medical missions to the Philippines' rural areas to provide facial reparative surgeries for children with cleft lip and palate.

Nursing: self-funded, apply at http://www.upliftinternationale.org/volunteer/current-volunteer-opportunities-with-uplift-internationale/

Locations: Rural Philippines

Surgicorps International

http://surgicorps.org

Description: Surgicorps International provides free surgical and medical care to people in need around the world. These surgical procedures include repairs for cleft lips and palates, burn deformities, and congenital defects.

Funding: Contact Website for more information.

Nursing: Nurses can volunteer for multi-week surgical mission trips happening 4-5 times per year.

Locations: Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Guatemala, Zambia, Vietnam