ground rules
What are the medical mission rules and what would happen if I don’t follow them?
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Observe schedules – always be on time – follow your team leader’s instructions.
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Always wear your name tag while attending mission activities. Long pants are obligatory for females during clinic.
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Notify your team leader 1 day ahead if you need to be excused from scheduled activities for a good reason. Management is not responsible for you beyond medical mission scheduled activities.
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Always be cheerful, polite, friendly, and helpful. Bad manners, language or fighting/quarreling are not tolerated.
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Alcohol and other illegal substances are prohibited.
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Do not enter the hotel room belonging to a volunteer of the opposite gender after curfew.
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No driving , riding or even sitting on motorcycles.
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Do not bring people into the program without approval from management.
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Non married couple under 25 years old are in student teams and will not be assigned the same hotel room.
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You must stay in your assigned hotel room through the whole mission. You must inform management if you stay with your family.
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You must travel on your team assigned bus, a team W volunteer cannot travel in the student team bus and vice versa.
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Mission rules are strictly enforced
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Team W members will be on patrol duty with a breath analyzer every night
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A first violation will land your name in the BLACK BOOK
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this will result in an individual or team penalty
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A second violation in the BLACK BOOK will lead to an immediate expulsion from the medical mission with the volunteer sent home on the next available flight
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Even if the second violation occurs on the last day, an expulsion will be on your record which would disqualify you from a Letter of Recommendation
–per our larger than life Medical Mission Director, Dr Anh Ho