u/Callababy420

Please fill out my short anonymous survey that I am conducting while at my summer program at Yale School of Medicine. Thank you so much for your participation!

Im a F(23) pre med student in my 2nd year of undergrad. Im from New England. I’m looking to volunteer abroad for about a week or two. I’m wondering if anybody has used a volunteer abroad healthcare program and what their experience was like. What company should I go with? I’ve been looking at Maximo Nivel and IVHQ. I haven’t found too too much about them online but got accepted to IVHQ for Costa Rica.
I’ve also never done anything like this and just want the safest experience possible. My mom is worried to death about me traveling alone and I’m very wary about the sites I’ve found online. If anybody has any information please let me know. Thank you!

Hey all, I’ve been looking to volunteer through IVHQ and am pretty nervous to go alone.
I have never traveled internationally to a country I’m unfamiliar with but I really would love to do a healthcare mission abroad. Unfortunately my friends can’t afford it and I’d have to be going alone.
I don’t know if anybody would like to go with me, I’m from Connecticut and looking to go to Costa Rica as it’s one of the safest countries on their list.
Also if someone has traveled through IVHQ, how was your experience?