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When: April 30 - May 14, 2010
Where: Kabul, Afghanistan
Who: Primary Care Providers, Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, 1 - 2 Pastors (to take an active part in the Spiritual aspect of the team and work with the National Partners/Spiritual Counseling), Urgent Need for Female Physicians and Dentists
Status: Accepting Applications
Special Travel Announcement: All participants must travel to/from Afghanistan as a group. No deviations in travel will be allowed without prior approval from GHO Director.
Project Fee: $1,750 + International Airfare (subject to change)
Team Leader: Dr. Sam Molind
To read Dr. Molind's Biography Click here. Trip Details: Shattered by 22 years of USSR occupation, civil war, Taliban misrule and the US-led invasion in 2002 – Afghanistan is a country rebuilding from a countryside that was bombed and mined; loosing half the housing, most of the complex irrigation systems, a high proportion of the livestock destroyed and millions of people were displaced in their own country. The entire country lacked infra structure and the ability to deal with the loss of all institutions including governmental agencies, schools and universities, police, transportation, a healthcare system, etc. And rebuilding the country is slowed by the lack of funds, lawlessness, and factionalism.
The character of the Afghan people is exemplified by a sense of pride, bravery, hospitality, generosity and loyalty. When invited to an Afghan home, a guest is treated with the utmost respect and honor. Afghans will share whatever they have with a friend.
Our national partners SOZO International have a wholistic outreach to empower the most disadvantaged individuals and communities by coordinating and implementing transformational development through healthcare, education, and economic initiatives.
This will be the sixth year our GHO teams have gone to Afghanistan. Many of the NGOs that were in Afghanistan five years ago have left in spite of the great need. Those who continue to serve and care for the least, the lost and the last are welcomed with open arms and will reap the harvest. The decades of civil turmoil and war have, most obviously, left there
mark on Afghan women and children:
We always have an urgent need in Afghanistan for females on our healthcare team - physicians, PAs, NPs, dentists and nurses to supplement the males because if we do not have a good number of ladies on the team, the Afghan women will not be allowed to come to the clinics and then the children will not come. Afghan women culturally need to be treated by ladies for the most part.
Our teams in Afghanistan have helped in the Cure International Hospital, but most of our efforts have been to provide emergency ongoing relief and healthcare for the internally displaced people as we come along side of our national partners in their great work. Helping and encouraging the communities like Istalif to heal itself and see them assume responsibility through wholistic transformational development primarily through healthcare initiatives has been a real blessing. IDPs are refugees in their own country and we have had great joy in being able to help the people in Shaka Dara and Barek Aub as SOZO moves forward with permanent housing, education, and economic initiative in partnership with these communities. This year we are looking forward to setting up some clinics for the people over the mountain from Barek Aub the nomadic Kuchi people who walked many miles over the mountains to visit our clinics last year.
Please join me as we serve the least, the lost and the last for the glory of God.
Vaccination Information: Wondering what immunizations you’ll need for the mission trip? Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website.
To apply for this trip, Click Here. GHO Home
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