How to Help
To make an online donation towards this project click
here. Enter Medical Mission in the comment
line. All donations are tax-deductible.
Visit the
World Health Ambassador Program website for additional
information.
Contact
wha@worldhealthambassador.com.
Disclaimer: If you would like to
travel overseas on humanitarian missions, you should
recognize that the conditions in many of the areas where we
plan to carry out our missions may be difficult. Therefore,
you should expect that there may be hardship, challenges,
and personal risks associated with traveling to
underdeveloped countries. Neither the VAMA, Vietcare
International, the related organizations, nor their officers
are responsible for your safety or any adverse events
related to these missions. However, you can be assured that
prior to conducting any overseas missions, we will carefully
research and analyze all relevant factors related to the
localities where we will conduct our missions to understand
and minimize any potential risks to our members, as well as
to assure that our members will have rewarding and memorable
experiences.
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About NCVA
Founded in 1986, the National Congress of Vietnamese
Americans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community advocacy
organization working to advance the cause of Vietnamese
Americans in a plural but united America – e pluribus unum –
by participating actively and fully as civic minded citizens
engaged in the areas of education, culture and civil
liberties.
About VAMA
The World Health Ambassador Program is a program of the
Vietnamese American Medical Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of health
professionals from across the United States. The Cambodia
Medical Relief Mission is a project of the World Health
Ambassador Program. The Vietnamese American Medical
Association is the lead organization for the Cambodia Medical
Relief Mission.
About Vietcare International
Vietcare was started in 1998 by a small group of Vietnamese
Americans who were former refugees. When they were in the
refugee camps, each one of them made individual promises to
return and provide the same assistance that they had received as
refugees. Vietcare began its mission at the last "home" for
Vietnamese refugees (the Vietvillage in the Philippines) by
taking care of the remaining Vietnamese and proceeded to aid the
Filipinos who lived in the surrounding communities. Vietcare
aims to help other Vietnamese to learn how to form other
volunteer groups so that they too, as Vietnamese refugees, can
give back, contribute and continue the spirits that got them to
where they presently find themselves.
This joint project of several nonprofit
organizations based in the United States consisting of a
small pathfinder team to provide medical and dental
treatments to both the Cambodian and Vietnamese living in
Cambodia. The team will provide care and collect information
about the local health needs for subsequent missions. As
reported in recent Associated Press news reports, Cambodia has
been described as the “poorest of the poor” among Southeast Asian
countries. It is even poorer than Vietnam. This project will help
organize resources and expertise from several different
groups to
assist those in needs. Presently, volunteers from Washington
D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Georgia and California
have shown interest. 
