Bridges of Hope is involved in various international programs that are profoundly impacting the way children, families and communities are living. Through our network, we provide things like clean water, food, health care and education.
Hope is rising in the hearts of many. Bridges of Hope welcomes volunteers with a passion and compassion for the less fortunate and a readiness and willingness to share in the stories of children and their communities whose lives are being transformed by our valuable sponsors .
We invite you to witness this change through our Global Connection Experience (GCE) and Medical Outreach Programs. Come see it for yourself, live it yourself, seek to understand and share the story of hope!
Medical Outreach
Volunteers in our medical outreach programs are valuable and desperately needed! We are looking for all professionals related to health in the developing world. We are looking for skilled nurses, nursing students, medical doctors, residents, surgeons, mental health workers, nutritionists, pharmacists, dental hygienists, dentists, physiotherapists.
If you meet any of the criteria, please apply. Questions may be directed to: bridgesofhopehealth@gmail.com
Here are a few of the countries we are involved with networking with partnering organizations:
Upcoming GCE Opportunities & Medical Outreach
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Location: Burkina Faso Task: Assist with gathering stories, producing health records, gathering photos and other resources to help tell the story of Burkinabe children and families to Canadian supporters. In addition, our team will be working with our malnutrition clinic, public health and teaching various life skills to sponsored children, orphans and vulnerable children. |
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Location: Rwanda & Congo Task: Assist with gathering stories, gathering photos and other resources to help tell the story of Congolese and Rwandan children and families to Canadian supporters. In addition, our team will be working with our indigenous leadership community, teaching various leadership skills and connecting with our sponsored children. |
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Location: Kenya Task: Our team will assist with gathering stories, photos and other resources to help tell the story of Kenyan people to Canadian supporters. In addition, our team will also be participating in various medical outreach as well perform various tasks directed by our local partners while in Kenya. |
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Location: Haiti Task: Bring much needed medicines and medical care to Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere where 70% of it's seven million people live on less than a dollar a day and where 30% of all children born don't make it to the age of 5 years old. Our team will assist with gathering stories, photos and other resources to help tell the story of Haitian people to Canadian supporters. In addition, our team will also be participating in various volunteer task directed by our local partners while in Haiti. |
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EL SALVADOR Bridges of Hope teams up with LOVE IN ACTION to bring much needed medicines and medical care to Central America. If you are interested in getting involved here for future trips please email us!
HAITI Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere where 70% of is 7 million people live on less than a dollar a day. It is a country without access to clean drinking water and where over 30% of all children born don’t make it to the age of 5 years. It is a land of instability and violence beginning the long road to recovery. Bridges of Hope with Haiti Village Health and Lifeline Haiti are making a difference and need your help. Our medical clinic continues as normal in our seaside village of Bodme Limbe, 90 minutes north of Cap- Haitien. We are continuing to expand our programs in the community. We have started our vaccination program and plan to continue it every 2 months and eventually reach out to cover the entire region of Bas Limbe. We are doing this in conjunction with the department of health who provide the vaccines. Our teams do the vaccination and well baby/child checks alongside our Haitian staff, providing education as needed. We generally have 2-3 volunteers who remain back at the general medical clinic. They assist the local doctor/staff providing education support for them, and of course assist with patient care. We also have started doing rural prenatal outreach where our nurse and health agent visit a different community weekly. With a medical team, the plan would be to do mass prenatal clinics throughout the region, again, alongside our Haitian staff. In July, we took over control of a clinic in Shada. It is located in the slums of Cap-Haitien and is the only low cost clinic in the area servicing approximately 25,000. The clinic is currently open 2 days per week. The goal is to have the clinic running at 5 days/week but funding is currently our limiting factor. Teams that visit this clinic host general medical clinics, well child clinics or prenatal clinics in conjunction with our Haitian staff. Accommodation is provided with our friends at Haiti Hospital Appeal not far from the airport in Cap-Haitien. BURKINA FASO Malnutrition is a predictable and reoccurring crisis in the small West African country of Burkina Faso. According to UNICEF Burkina Faso has among the highest child mortality rates in the world with nearly 40 per cent of its 2 million children under five suffer from severe malnutrition. Bridges of Hope has launched a nutrition program to assess and treat malnourished children in Boura and Yoro, the Southern regions of Burkina Faso. |
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Eligibility
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All eligible applicants will be assessed and prioritized on the basis of experience and fit with program. All applicants will receive notice as soon as possible after volunteers have been selected. Advocate discount may apply. Read about becoming an advocate under the 'Get Involved' section to see if you qualify.
Are the Trips Tax-Receiptable?
- The cost of your trip is not tax-receiptable. Your donations are tax-receiptable
- All the funds donated to Bridges of Hope for these trips will be allocated to offset the cost associated with the trips
