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Date: Monday, May 26, 2008
Time: 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Location: Kelly Murphy’s House, Palo Alto, CA (inquire for address)

This upcoming Monday, the travel teams will be meeting to pack supply bags for the trips this summer. Lunch will be provided.

Attendance is mandatory for all summer travel participants.

VIVA TRANSCRIPTION SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP PROVIDE MEDICAL TRAINING
- Stanford student heads to Papua New Guinea to work with residents -

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (May 9, 2008) – VIVA Transcription, a leading provider in medical transcription services, announced today that it has established a scholarship to help foster Stanford University’s International Medical Options program.

VIVA has donated directly …

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 1:15PM to 2:30PM
Location: Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden

IMO is partnering with the Papua New Guinea Embassy in San Francisco to offer a brief introduction to Pigin. An embassy official will lead this training class.

The Papua New Guinea Sculture Garden is located at the intersection of …

After much consideration, which included the invaluable assistance of the Papua New Guinea Ambassador to the United States, Evan Paki, the 2008 team will be traveling to the highlands of Papua New Guinea to begin a new program. IMO is currently collaborating with Ramsell and Sojitz to begin an HIV/AIDS education program and establish …

Good news! With the assistance of the Project Vietnam Foundation, the 2008 team will be traveling to work along the Mekong Delta in Kien Giang. Project Vietnam will be working at a regional level to establish a pilot program for emergency care, emergency transportation, and newborn care. IMO will …

Our Vietnam Project will be moving to a new location for the 2008 trip. The team plans to begin a project along the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. In addition to the relocation of the clinics, a lecture series is planned for the region as well.

More information to come.