The HyeBridge Telehealth program is a joint effort by the Armenia Fund USA and Armenian American Health Professional Organization (AAHPO) and others, unveiled in 2009 at the 10th Armenian Medical World Congress. HyeBridge uses telecommunication between the Armenia Fund USA office in New York City (or any location equipped with telecommunication device) and selected locations in Armenia and NKR.The purpose of HyeBridge is to enable teleconferencing and consultation via the internet. This can also be used for continuing medical education. For information contact Armenia Fund USA office Armenia Fund USA Inc.
594 Valley Health Plaza
Paramus, NJ 07652Phone: 212-689-5307, Fax: 212-689-5317 info@armeniafundusa.org
AMAA provides free medical services through its clinics in Yerevan, Spitak and Vanatzor. Yerevan
The AMAA's Medical Center in Yerevan provides free medical, social, dental, Ultra-sound and EKG examination services to the families of the Child Sponsorship program. Needy individuals living in the neighborhood are also treated free of charge.The clinic also has a pharmacy that provides patients with free medications donated by Hope for Armenia of France and various organizations in the USA. Nearly 1,200 patients each year receive medications from the pharmacy. Vanatzor Dental Clinic
The Vanatzor Dental Clinic is financed and managed in cooperation with France’s Espoire Pour l'Armenie (Hope for Armenia), a partner mission.The clinic provides free dental care to needy children and adults. During the last 12 months, 712 children and 1,153 adults were treated at the dental clinic.Spitak Medical Clinic
In cooperation with the Union of French-Armenian Doctors, Hope for Armenia operates a medical and dental clinic in Spitak. Two Pediatricians and two dentists provide free services to needy children of this town that was the epicenter of the 1988 earthquake. During the last 12 months, 2,003 children were treated by the Pediatricians, and 1,649 children were treated by the dentists. For info: http://amaa.org/healthcare.htm
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
Camp Aparan is a 2 week overnight camp for children with disabilities that runs for 6 weeks during the summer months. The camp begins at the end of June and finishes the first week in August with 3 groups of children attending for a period of 2 weeks at a time. There are usually around 30-40 children during each group. The camp is open to all children that are currently enrolled or have been enrolled at any of the Arabkir’s Child Developmental and Rehabilitation Centers (CDRCs) throughout Armenia. T
his camp is sponsored by Arabkir Medical Center in Yerevan with no cost for the children and parents that attend the camp. Last year I attended the camp for a 2 week period were the campers had all types of disabilities from Autism to high functioning children. The one need for the camp was sports equipment. After meeting with the directors, counselors, and other volunteers, it was determined that sports equipment was a priority for the camp. Currently the equipment is in very poor condition with soccer balls not holding air and the treads showing from wear. The camp does have a ping-pong table that the children love and is working. The paddles have long seen better days.
Project goals:
Goal 1: To obtain sports equipment for the Summer Camp for Children with Disabilities
Objective 1.1 By May purchase sports equipment for the summer camp.
Objective 1.2 By June have the equipment delivered to the camp.
Goal 2: To develop a curriculum that involves children with disabilities to education them on teamwork, sharing, and inclusion.
Objective 2.1 By June develop learning modules using the sports equipment that will be taught at the camp for a minimum of 3 years.Objective 2.2 By the end of the 1st- 2 week camp, re-evaluate modules and make changes for the 2ndand 3rdcamps of the summer.
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
Armenian Eye Care Project update, as told by founder Dr Roger OhanesianSee our website: www.eyecareproject.com describing what we have been doing for 25 years or 53 trips to Armenia.
After seeing the conditions of the major eye hospital, AECP provided equipment to bring Armenia up to the 20th century. After that was done, we brought 12 of their physicians for 1-yr specialty fellowships at major centers throughout the USA. When they returned, they were provided the special tools used in these specialty clinics. That way they could hit the ground with both feet running.
AECP then built the Mobile Eye Hospital (MEH) to tour the rural areas in the countryside where most of the poor lived. We did eye surgery, laser surgery and dispensed glasses to those who needed them and were designated by the PAROS list as living in poverty. Those in whom we found cataracts and who were of better means (Paros list 1-25) were referred to a private doctor in their locale for surgery. We do not want to enter into competition with the locals. That person may make the decision to have his/her surgery done in Yerevan but that is their choice. The MEH program is still effective and has had 600,000 examinations and more than 50,000 surgeries mostly cataracts and glaucoma.
At the request of the Minister of Health,(MOH) AECP has embarked upon building 5 Regional EyeCenters in locations designated by the Minister. So far we have built 3 EyeCenters of the 4 or 5 to be built by 2020. These will take the place of the MEH to provide more regular examination and treatment for those with chronic eye diseases, Glaucoma. Uveitis, Corneal Dystrophy, Retinal disorders, ocular and lid tumors.We also have created an OR in a NICU which is in a Maternity Hospital ... unlike any other in the world. In this way, a child born prematurely and having Retinopathy of Prematurity need not be transported by ambulance in an incubator to the eye hospital. Instead, he/she can be brought to the OR and the disease treated by endoscopic retinal surgery. This is one of only four centers in the world that performs this procedure.
Blindness has as a major etiology: Diabetes.
AECP's goal is to take a retinal photo of every Diabetic in the country, somewhere between 250-300 thousand Diabetics. Patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) can be treated early to prevent blindness. Statistically, that would be 5000-8000 persons in the country. Besides the social implications of blindness, there is a great economic reason for the government to prevent this disease. Someone becoming blind is a huge cost to the nation in lost wages and taxes as well as the amount to care for a blind person.
Dr Ohanesian is presently selecting the best fair priced camera with plans to set it up in several sites to take photos. After working out the bugs, AECP will bring in about 30 of them to examine every diabetic.It should be an exciting program and very worthwhile to those with treatable DR, but also to become a model for all those other small countries who have large numbers of diabetics.
The Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief was started in 2005 by George Yacoubian. There are currently over 70 chapters worldwide aiming to provide this underprivileged population with the tools necessary to become accomplished, educated, and self supporting Armenians.
SOAR distributes clothing, educational supplies, medicine, and other essential resources depending on the specific needs of the orphanage/organization. They plan to build for dental clinics for these children. Other projects involve the support of Armenians schools.
The World Bank offers financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Through its Supported Health Project Implementation Unit, it partnered with COAF to renovate and refurbish the Karakert health clinic in 2006 and the Dalarik health clinic in 2009. The projects involved renovation and modernization of the facilities, as well as provision of equipment, medical supplies and a vehicle for emergency cases. The World Bank also contributed to the construction works on the site of Arteni Hospital.
In addition, through its Water Sector Development and Institutional Improvements Project Implementation Unit, The World Bank is supporting the reconstruction and repair of the irrigation water network, an important component in the rehabilitation of the Model Cluster villages. The repair of 4,5 km of irrigation channels has been completed, and currently work on 3,74 km of the irrigation water network in Dalarik and 2,89 km in Miasnikian is in progress. These projects will significantly increase the agricultural capacity of these communities and neighboring villages.
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
In 2007 the ARCS began a partnership with COAF to promote safe behavior and preparedness in emergency response situations within schools in COAF's cluster villages. As part of the project 74 teachers and 142 community volunteers and youth were qualified as emergency responders and were awarded certificates of completion. The project also benefited 298 kindergarten and elementary school children.
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application
As we acclimate to our new environment, our mission trip begins with a weekend of touring the major historical and spiritual sites in Armenia. We start our week seeing patients in Vanatzor/Spitak and in Stepanavan for the end of the week. Our clinic is held at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Vanatzor and the AMAA Social Services Center in Stepanavan, where we convert classrooms into doctor's offices. Patients hear of our arrival weeks earlier with radio advertisements and come from many different walks of life. Patients are also bussed into the clinic from the surrounding villages.
The clinic is an ambulatory clinic that sees both adults and children and our formulary is extensive enough to accommodate treatment for most illnesses. During each day of the clinic, patients are encouraged to return for church services where members of the team share their testimonies and the gospel is preached. The week culminates with a celebration banquet, where we fellowship and recap the events of the week.
The teams in the past have included doctors, physician assistants, pharmacist, chiropractor and nurses. We have had medical and nursing students also. One doesn't need to be in the healthcare field to be involved in our mission. In fact, the majority of the team members are not medically trained and they are essential to our success. Team members that are not formally trained healthcare providers are utilized in the pharmacy, laboratory, and as assistants to the doctors and nurses. In the past some team members put on vacation Bible school for the children waiting for to be seen. Also, members can man the eyeglass distribution station or dental hygiene education. We only ask that you come with servant's heart ready to touch and serve the sick and needy.Al and Sue PhillipsTo volunteer: https://sites.google.com/site/amaamedicalmissions/forms-application