Three students from ACS International Schools have been selected to fly to Da Nang, Vietnam, this summer, to take part in a programme on board the world’s only flying eye hospital.
The sponsored internship is offered by the ACS International Schools Foundation and ORBIS, a sight-saving charity that trains eyecare teams in developing countries. For the past decade, the two organisations have sponsored three ACS students per year to travel with a team of ophthalmologists to developing countries
This year, the three students to be awarded the scholarship are Neha Lelani, from ACS Hillingdon, Jhenielle Reynolds, from ACS Egham, and Dillon Van Auken, from ACS Cobham. Neha said, “I think that I was chosen because I am so sure that I want my career to be in medicine. I want to get as much experience as I can in different areas of medicine, because it is a fascinating subject and I want to be able to have the knowledge and skills to help other people and make them feel better.”
The students will join the ophthalmologists aboard a DC-10 aircraft specially converted into a teaching hospital. On board the aircraft, they will witness ORBIS’s international medical team exchanging knowledge and improving skills amongst local doctors, nurses and technicians. They will observe surgery and provide post-operative support, experiencing at first hand the difference that ORBIS volunteer doctors and nurses make to people’s lives.
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