Paramedicne and Nursing Student take on Vietnam

Isobel Donald Start Date: Jan 10, 2024 - End Date: Jan 9, 2025
  • Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

My Travel Story

by: Isobel Donald Start Date: Jan 10, 2024 - End Date: Jan 9, 2025
ia Ora! In November we will be travelling to Vietnams Ho Chi Minh City to volunteer for four weeks, at a local hospital, focusing on orthopaedics and rehabilitation. We are interested in this opportunity to expand our medical knowledge and apply our skills in a new more challenging environment. We also want to gain a greater understanding of global health issues, knowledge about different cultures. But ultimately, we hope to make a positive impact on the lives of who are in hospital and unwell or their loved ones. 

We are currently raising money towards this trip, any donations would be highly appreciated and would help us get over to Vietnam. 

A little bit about us.

Isobel is a third year nursing student at AUT. She got into healthcare, after she broke her back and nearly ended up paralysed. The role the nurses had in her recovery is the reason she took up nursing as a profession. She hopes to work in palliative or critical care once she qualifies at the end of 2024. 

Carys is a second year paramedicene student at AUT. She always knew when she left school she wanted to go into health care, after she saw how the paramedics saved her mothers life after a serious incident. it inspired her to want to make a difference in other peoples lives and provide care for other peoples loved ones the same way they did for hers.
  • Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam