Volunteers Without Boundaries:INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES / CONTACTS / RESEARCH
Nurse Without Boundaries: To find out more about Mary Lightfine OR book an exciting multimedia interactive lecture for your institution visit Mary’s web site. www.nursewithoutboundaries.com
Center for Disease Control web site: To begin your health and travel search: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/travel.html
Volunteers for peace: Accepts non professionals and students for 2-3 wk international assignments: www.vfp.org
Amnesty international USA: www.amnesty-usa.org/
Medical Bridges: Accepts donations of Medical supplies, books & other material for distribution world wide. You may also request supplies from them to distribute overseas. Telephone: 1-713-748-8131 www.Medicalbridges.org
Flying Doctors: otherwise known as LVM or Los Medicos Voladores. This group travels to Mexico and other locations on very short missions and will take students. Check out their website. www.flyingdocs.org
FLYING MEXICO FOR GRINGOS, or the Great Tampico Steak Safari: Read about Mary Lightfine and Paul S. Rooy’s “5,200 nautical miles odyssey around Mexico in a 1968 Cessna Skymaster loaded to the rafters with donated medical equipment.” To order our book or just find out more visit www,PaulSRooy.com
Relief Web: Information for and about the international humanitarian community: www.reliefweb.int
International Rescue Committee: Provides assistance for refugee’s around the globe and here in the USA. Volunteer opportunities right here in the states and abroad: www.theirc.org
RAWA: The Afghans Women’s Mission. You can send educational donations and $ via this site. www.rawa.org
Doctors Without Borders: A Nobel Prize winning international humanitarian organization sending professionals to 83 countries worldwide www.doctorswithoutborders.org
International Medical Corps: An American based international humanitarian organization sending qualified individuals to several destinations worldwide www.imcworldwide.org
Interaction; Provides a list of organizations involved in international relief. 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, suite 701, Washington, DC 20036, Tel: 202-667-8227; e-mail: ia@interaction.org web site: www.interaction.org/
National Council for International health (NCIH) provides a list of organizations and possible job opportunities in the international arena. 1701 K street, suite 600, Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202-833--5900 www.ncih@ncih.org
Cross Cultural Solutions; Sends interested persons to three-week assignments in India and Ghana, Africa. Your cost will be $1,700 plus air. Stephen Rosenthal, 47 Potter Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801; Tel: 1-800-380-4777 or 914-632-0022, fax: 914-632-8494. info@crossculturalsolutions.org www.crossculturalsolutions.org
TERRORISM AND THE WAR IN IRAQ, A Christian Word from Latin America by C. Rene Padilla and Lindy Scott, ISBN # 987-9403-68-1. "Does the war on terrorism guarantee generations of peace without a radical revolution of values for the sake of justice?" Some serious questions regarding USA policies answered. This book is very enlightening, short and to the point, a good read for folks of all faiths. lindy.scott@wheaton.edu
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook: TRAVEL,
ISBN # 0-8118-3131-0, Are you interested in traveling but not sure how to handle the unexpected like finding water on a desert island, crash landing a plane, or how to hand over a bribe? Did you ever wonder how to survive in the jungle if lost, or how to escape if stuck in a trunk while on vacation, etc? ... Then ... this book is for you. www.chroniclebooks.com
FIELDINGS’S THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS PLACES, Robert Young Pelton, ISBN 1-56952-140-9. A very informative reference for everything related to travel.
FLYING MEXICO FOR GRINGOS, or the Great Tampico Steak Safari. Read about Mary Lightfine and Paul S. Rooy’s “5,200 nautical miles odyssey around Mexico in a 1968 Cessna Skymaster loaded to the rafters with donated medical equipment.” To order our book or just find out more visit www.PaulSRooy.com
OUT OF AMERICA, A Black Man Confronts, Harcourt Brace & CO: By Keith B. Richburg, ISBN 0-15 600583-2. A black American journalist experiences the horrors of war on the continent of his ancestors.
MALARIA CAPERS, Tales Of Parasites And People, Robert S. Desowitz, Norton books, ISBN 03933 10086. Reads like a fast moving novel.
THE ROAD TO HELL, By Michael Maren. The ravaging effects of foreign aid and international charity in Somalia
LOST ON EARTH, nomads of the new world, Mark Fritz , Brown, ISBN 0-316-294780. Personal accounts of several individuals ,affected by war and disaster, including Mary Lightfine.
KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST, a story of greed, terror & heroism in colonial Africa, by Adam Hochschild, ISBN 0-618-00190-5
TALIBAN, By Ahmed Rashid, ISBN 0-300-08902-3. An excellent, fast moving, account of Taliban, politics and US involvement.
DO NO HARM, How AID can support Peace – or War, By Mary B. Anderson, ISBN 1-55587-834-2
MY FORBIDDEN FACE, A young Woman’s story, Latifa, ISBN 0-965-043147. A young woman shares her experiences under the Taliban
THE CREATION OF PATRIARCHY, by Gerda Lerner, ISBN 0-19-505185-8. Ever wonder where the Burka or practice of veiling originated and why? You’ll find the answer to this question and learn more about the history of women here.
THE DINKA OF SUDAN, by Francis Mading Deng, ISBN 0-88133-082-5. Everything from flirting and courtship to spiritual causes of death in a fascinating people who live a richly different life than we do in America.
WHO GAVE PINTA TO THE SANTA MARIA, Tracking the Devastating Spread of Lethal Tropical Diseases into America by Robert S. Desowitz, ISBN 0-15-600585-9. Fast moving, easy to understand and a fun way to learn more about disease. You will enjoy even if you are not a health professional.
REFUGEE HEALTH, An approach to emergency situations by Medecins Sans Frontieres, ISBN 0-333-72210-8. Can order from Doctors Without Borders in NY or from their website too.
FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM, by Thomas Friedman, ISBN 0-385-41372-6. An illuminating, fast moving read on the complicated topic of the Middle East.
LIFE magazine, June 1999, pg. 71, Nurse without Borders.
International Journal of Trauma Nursing. Tough as Nails, Heart of Gold, Nurses in the refuges Camps of Macedonia by Judith Stoner Halpern, RN, MS, CEN, Pg 84, Volume5, NO 3. July-September 1999
JAMA, August 4, 1999, Vol. 282, No 5 pages 413 - 423. Mary Lightfine’s story is on pg. 420
American Journal of Nursing, August (AJN) 1999, Vol. 99, No 8. Mary Lightfine’s story is on pg. 22
Advance for Nurses, serving RN’s in Florida , Crossing the border by Pamela Tarapchak, pg 23, March 4, 2002. Vol. 3. No. 5
Emergency Physician Monthly, After the Attack, Cover story by M. Lightfine, March 2002
Without Borders, A mini documentary covering Mary’s work in Kenya, Sudan, Afghanistan and Somalia, produced by Mary Lightfine and Christine Magee. Upon request, a complimentary copy will be donated to your institution after Mary's presentation.
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