What and Where?

Eight Creighton medical students (see Bios) are traveling to South East Asia in hopes of providing medical supplies to communities in need, improving preventative medicine through educational presentations, and to gain increasing knowledge on the realities of healthcare abroad, where many times there are limited resources and ever increasing need for medical care. 

We will be starting our journey in Cambodia. We arrive in Phenom Phen in the middle of May 2012 and then travel four hours south to Kampot one of the most southern cities in Cambodia. Once we arrive we will be linking up with Solaid International, which is a non-profit organization founded by a Creighton alumnus. While we are there we will help provide health services and assist with educational programs to the villagers of Kampot, which promote the knowledge and skills required to lead healthier lives. You can learn more about Solaid International here at www.solaid.org 

After a week with Solaid we will be moving on to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia and we will be working with HOPE worldwide Malaysia. HOPE worldwide (www.hopeww.org) is an international non-profit organization with a mission "to change lives by harnessing the compassion and commitment of dedicated staff and volunteers to deliver sustainable, high-impact, community-based services to the poor and needy”

The last leg of our trip is taking us down to Jakarta, Indonesia and once again, we will be working with HOPE worldwide. Here in Indonesia we will be helping a myriad of groups by splitting our time between tuberculosis clinics, orphanages and health clinics.

In these countries, we will be working in a variety of clinics and seeing a variety of people as we travel. Our hopes is to not only garner increased knowledge of global health, but to also obtain a greater appreciation for cultures, religions, traditions and customs that may be different from our own.