Thank you for your interest in participating in a mission with Blanca’s House. Please complete the following form. Blanca’s House will securely keep your information on file for a currently scheduled or upcoming medical mission. Your commitment to making a difference in underserved communities is greatly appreciated. One of the Directors or Coordinators from Blanca’s House will contact you based on your medical specialty, position, or need for non-medical volunteers.
DISCLAIMER: Blanca’s House is not responsible for any changes to the location of a medical mission due to decisions made by the host government based on their assessment of needs.
PLEASE NOTE:
The cost of a mission covers funding patient surgeries, which include essential supplies, medications, anesthesia drugs, airfare, accommodations, meals, in-country transportation, and tips. We cannot waive or reduce any mission costs. For those for whom attending a medical mission poses a financial challenge, we encourage fundraising efforts available through our website.
All team members will pack a carry-on and a personal item to take on board the plane. Blanca’s House assigns each mission team member one piece of luggage/cargo containing essential provisions that need to be checked in with the airline. If a team member travels separately from the group, they remain responsible for transporting cargo. Arrangements will be made with you individually.
All students, interns, and residents are credentialed as support staff.
All Blanca’s House volunteer staff, as do all team members attending a mission, cover their expenses.
No stipends are provided to any team member by Blanca’s House.
Please do not complete this form at a hospital, university, or medical facility due to security firewalls that may prevent receiving the completed form.
Volunteer Opportunities Abroad
The medical team not only provides care, but also pre-screens candidates and schedules the surgical rotation, provides post-surgery care and training for follow up with local providers. Blanca`s House doctors, surgeons, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, CRNAs, OR, pre-op and PACU nurses and surgical techs of varying specialties are recruited to match up with the host country`s particular medical needs at a specific site. Medical practitioners can volunteer for any trip and will be matched for a mission based on their area of expertise as well as where they are needed most while gaining a global health perspective.
Non-medical volunteers provide the foundation for all of our missions. At least half of our volunteers have no medical background and their services are a critical component to the successful operation of our work. As a non-medical volunteer you will work side by side with the medical team throughout the hospital or clinic as well as build relationships with the community. Interacting with the people of our host country is an important part of all short term medical mission trips and allows us to leave a lasting footprint on the community.
Some common roles for non-medical volunteers:
- Observe all aspects of medical services including the operating room
- Patient escort services
- Translation services
Offering the unique opportunity to introduce young people ages 14 to 18 to medicine, our Junior Volunteer Program allows students to join us on missions. The Junior Volunteer is one of the hardest working members of the Blanca’s House team. Junior Volunteers support the running of our hospital operations. They assist in patient intake, triage, data, and medical notes input, and have the opportunity to observe in and out of the operating rooms.
Medical Students and Residents will:
- Be supervised by practicing Health Care Providers in their specialty.
- Be exposed to social and cultural issues more intensely than they would ever experience at home. We take care of problems caused by poverty, malnutrition, inadequate immunizations, inadequate health care systems, illiteracy, and inadequate sanitation in a culturally sensitive way.
- Be exposed to many disease entities that are uncommon in the United States and many that are in more advanced stages than would be expected in a first world country.
- Practice their clinical and surgical skills
Whether we provide patients with their first dental experience or a returning patient needing additional restorative treatment, we are providing unparalleled dental care for people who would otherwise have limited or no access to a dentist. By providing dental screenings, on-site surgeries, and educational outreach, provides twenty-first century dentistry to the underprivileged living in remote communities throughout Ecuador. All our team members are volunteers, paying for their own travel expenses and donating their time and expertise for every mission.
Blancas House facilitates the logistics of the mission trip as well as, organizes and transports donated dental equipment and supplies to the communities we serve.
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in joining one of Blanca’s House’s missions. In order to apply for a mission, you must first register with us.
Once your registration is completed and approved by a coordinator, one of the Executive Directors will contact you with the next steps.
DISCLAIMER: Blanca’s House is not responsible for any change(s) to the location of a medical mission due to the host government’s decision to relocate the site of delivery of medical services based on their review of need.
PLEASE NOTE:
- The cost of a mission includes funding patient surgeries which consist of essential supplies and medications and anesthesia drugs. We are unable to waive or reduce any mission costs. We encourage those for whom the cost of attending a medical mission presents a financial challenge to fundraise.
- All team members will pack a carry-on and a personal item to take on-board the plane. Blanca’s House assigns mission team members two pieces of luggage packed with crucial Blanca’s House cargo to be checked in by the airline. In the event a team member is traveling separately from the group, they, too, will be responsible to assist In bringing said cargo.
- All students and residents are credentialed as support staff.
- All Blanca’s House staff pay their own expenses just as all team members attending a mission.
- There is no Blanca’s House stipend given to any team member.
Step 1:
Please complete our registration form. Upon completion, you will be contacted by Valerie via email. Please do not complete this form at a hospital, university or medical facility due to security firewalls that may prevent the completed form from being received.
Step 2:
Once you are registered and received the email, you will enter the username and password you indicated on the registration form. Please do not complete this form at a hospital, university, or medical facility due to security firewalls that may prevent the completed form from being received.
