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Volunteer with us.

Use your time and skills to support healthcare in Honduras.

Do you want to volunteer with a fun, purpose driven team?

Volunteers have been at the center of VHC’s work from the beginning.

Their time, expertise, and commitment make it possible to deliver care and build systems that last.

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Two young men in casual clothing are inside a rustic room with white textured walls. One man is on the left, reaching onto a metal shelf filled with medicine boxes and bottles. The other man, on the right, is holding a box of medication and is looking at it. There is a white table in front of them with medication bottles and boxes on it, and a small table or cabinet with some supplies to the right.

Volunteer opportunities

  • Surgical teams, including surgeons, nurses, techs, biomedical engineers, and more provide around 150 gynecology, urology, general, orthopedic,  optical, surgeries.  Yearly 7-10 day trips take place around November. 

  • Rehab for persons with injury or disability.  Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapists provide therapy for patients, training for families of patients, and mentoring of Honduran therapists.  Yearly 7 day trips take place around February or March.

  • Optometrists, Opticians, and other volunteers help run eye care fairs, working with Honduran partners to get exams and glasses to around 1,500 people in a week.  Yearly 7-9 day trips take place around February or March.n

  • Help us collect, sort, and tag the photos and videos, finding the most powerful stories to share. Remote, flexible hours, high impact on everything we publish.

  • We have hours of footage from the field and not enough editors to shape it.  Remote, flexible hours, high impact on everything we publish.

  • A collection drive is a simple, hands-on way for a retirement community, classroom, church, scout troop, business, or civic group to support families in Honduras. We provide the item lists and the playbook. You bring the people.  Must be able to deliver goods to Falls Church, VA

  • Help us collect donations from around VA, DC, and MD for delivery to our Falls Church, VA warehouse. Or help us sort and package goods for shipping. Pickup trucks especially needed!

Volunteer Application