Are you a family physician or family practice educator with an interest in humanitarian work? If the answer's yes -- consider participating in the 2003 Physicians With Heart airlift to Kyrgyzstan in October. Airlift dates are Oct. 8 19.
Physicians With Heart is a joint project of the AAFP; the AAFP Foundation; and Heart to Heart International, a humanitarian aid organization based in Olathe, Kan. Each year, Physicians With Heart delivers needed medicines and other supplies donated by U.S. companies to a former Soviet republic with the assistance of the U.S. State Department.
Airlift delegates -- many of them family physician volunteers -- travel in the recipient country to verify delivery of the donated supplies, provide education on family practice to the country's physicians, and participate in a "children's project" that helps youngsters in orphanages and schools.
For an application to join the delegation, contact Linda Cannata at Heart to Heart International by e-mail at lcannata@hearttoheart.org or by phone at (405) 787-5200, Ext.100.
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