{"id":944,"date":"2019-06-04T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/?page_id=944"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:49:23","slug":"groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/volunteers\/groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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International Medical Relief offers once-in-a-lifetime short-term medical missions for groups of all types. Some examples of partners we work with include professional, hospital, corporate, and student groups. Our programs take you behind the scenes of international medicine practices in a clinic setting that will cement your team\u2019s passion for healthcare service.<\/span><\/p>

In partnership with International Medical Relief, your team has the opportunity to gain hands-on patient care and knowledge in the field with experienced medical providers. Through a tailored combination of mentorship, observation, and tutorial, IMR\u2019s clinic-based medical and dental missions offer a unique insight into the rewards and demands of a medical career. IMR provides short-term opportunities throughout the year and can customize programs based on cost and timeframe. We take care of all logistical arrangements so you can focus on the experience for your group.<\/span><\/p>

This unique opportunity is comprehensive and positions you to offer a turnkey program with little effort. Your team can be assembled, educated, and sent into the field exclusively or in collaboration with IMR-licensed medical providers to help those most in need.\u00a0 Many corporate groups travel with us as a reward for their valued employees, as a recruiting and retention tool, or as a way to involve their employees\u2019 families in a demanding career schedule and help build the future generations in multi-generational medical and dental families.\u00a0 School groups, including pre-health career clubs, foreign language clubs, public health clubs, and service clubs, join IMR to gain service hours (approximately 75 hours per mission can be earned!), build resumes, and obtain hands-on experience in a professional and professionally run mobile clinic setting.\u00a0 Choose from among our many locations and select the time of year that best fits your schedule.<\/span><\/p>

Contact us today<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about what IMR\u00a0can offer your group.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI haven\u2019t found the right moment to sit back and reflect on South Africa. How do you sum up a mission that changed your world? How do you sum up the smiles, laughs and tears into one moment? I don\u2019t think you can.\nWe are fortunate enough to have a health care system with options. Don\u2019t like your doctor? Get a second opinion. Don\u2019t like your aging skin? Get some injections. Don\u2019t think your care is good? Ask for the patient advocate.

\nBut imagine there were no options. Imagine you had no soap to wash your hands or hot water to wash your clothes in. Imagine you were left at an orphanage with nothing, not even a memory of your mother.

\nOur small group of 11 volunteers would set up clinic as the children all ran over, eager to see what the \u201cnew people\u201d had. The biggest hit: soap and water. The children laughed and smiled as they got their hands all soapy while we sang songs about hand hygiene. We thought we were teaching them life\u2019s most valuable and sustainable lessons. We didn\u2019t realize they were teaching us far more greater lessons. Empathy, compassion, joy, love.

\nMy hope is that just one of these children remember me. It doesn\u2019t have to be my name or the way I looked but I want them to know that they mattered to someone. I always thought I\u2019d change someone\u2019s life as a nurse but I never realized my life could change so quickly by a group of children I may never see again.

\nPeople often ask why I would volunteer overseas when I could volunteer in America. Until you\u2019ve seen the smile of an elderly woman who can finally see after she tries on glasses, heard the laughter of a child seeing bubbles for the first time, felt the warm hugs from a group of orphans just grateful you were there\u2026 you may never understand.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIMR Haiti Medical Mission mission was an amazing experience! I had the opportunity to meet, work with and get to know some of the most amazing people. We were able to help over 1,000 people in Haiti. They were very kind and glad to have us. I only wish we were able to do more for them. \n

\nTo my family and friends, I could not have done this without your love and support! THANK YOU so much!!\n

\nTo my IMR crew, you guys and girls were amazing. It was an honor and a privilege working with you. I\u2019m going to miss you all!!\n

\nThank you all for making this possible!\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s true that despite the color of our skin or the language that we speak, we are more alike than different. Our hearts beat the same, we smile the same and love the same.\n

\nThank you to the people of Haiti for filling my heart with so much gratitude and reassuring me that this is what I am meant to do. Thank you to International Medical Relief for allowing us to provide care for over 1,000 citizens and allowing me to work with an amazing crew! Until next time.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinally back in the states after traveling for over 24 hours. It was a very long journey and I\u2019ve had a lot of time to reflect back over the last week. It is so good to be back, but at the same time, I am sad that this amazing experience with an absolutely amazing team has come to an end. Even though I was scared to death about doing this on my own, this experience has far exceeded any expectations I had and I\u2019ve made some wonderful new friends.\n

\nMy heart is truly so full and I am so thankful I was able to be a part of this team. The team was made up of 42 amazing people from all over the U.S. The people of Kenya were absolutely wonderful and so kind and gracious. We were able to help 1,377 patients on this mission!!\n

\nIf anyone is considering a mission mission, I hope you will consider International Medical Relief.\nI definitely hope to do more missions for sure and I will never forget this mission of a lifetime.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTruly humbled by this experience. It\u2019s been amazing to not only work beside such a diverse group of people with a fellow passion for medicine, but to also care for these people who are so kind and patient.\n

\nTogether we have triaged, diagnosed, prescribed for, and treated over 600 patients in just three days, and will continue for a few more days. We\u2019ve seen everything from malaria, infectious wounds, amebiasis, tuberculosis\u2026 to appendicitis, sepsis, and splenomegaly.\n

\nAll with the help of some skilled, hardworking translators.\n

\nIt\u2019s been exhausting but rewarding, and one of the few times in life I\u2019m eager to wake up and start the day.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDuring IMR\u2019s week in Haiti, our team was able to care for more than 1,000 people.

\nIt never ceases to amaze me how great of an impact people can have when we come together for a unified mission. I mean, our team was just a bunch of strangers that all gathered in one place, with one goal: to serve and give to the people of Haiti. \n

\nHow amazing!\n

\nTo give selflessly is truly the GREATEST experience of being human. Thank you to IMR for being an organization that strives to make a difference in this world.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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International Medical Relief offers once-in-a-lifetime short-term medical missions for groups of all types. Some examples of partners we work with include professional, hospital, corporate, and student groups. Our programs take you behind the scenes of international medicine practices in a clinic setting that will cement your team\u2019s passion for healthcare service. In partnership with International Medical Relief, your team has the opportunity to gain hands-on patient care and knowledge in the field with experienced medical providers. Through a tailored combination of mentorship, observation, and tutorial, IMR\u2019s clinic-based medical and dental missions offer a unique insight into the rewards and demands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1695,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-944","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/944\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalmedicalrelief.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}