I am reviving this thread, after the recent tragic earthquake in Ecuador, I am going to be volunteering 2 weeks of my time in mid May to help treat victims of the disaster as well as treating patients in the underserved areas of Ecuador in the rainforest.
During that time I will have aspiring medical students with Me, to help translate, triage and pass medications. I am paying out of pocket for myself and others to go down and help with this cause.
If anyone is interested in donating to the cause, I am working with Timmy corporation as well as Doctors without borders, I am not sure how this works, but I could direct to a site to make a donation or I could solicit the donation personally and make sure it goes to the people of Ecuador while I am down there next month, and allot it to the families/patients that have suffered the most.
I am very excited to do this work, it'll make working in medicine much more gratifying compared to how we have it in the developed countries.
Any input or advice that anyone here has would be welcome as well.