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Unite For Sight's Support and Mentoring
Unite For Sight provides unparalleled quality support, mentoring, and assistance to our Global Impact Fellows. After an applicant is accepted to the Unite For Sight Global Impact Corps, we work closely with each Global Impact Fellow as they prepare to participate abroad. You are assigned a personal Global Impact Fellow counselor who is located in our office in New Haven, Connecticut. Your counselor is available to answer any questions that you may have, either by telephone or by email.
You will also receive a personal volunteer login page in order to complete your pre-departure preparations and requirements. The volunteer login page includes packing list suggestions, volunteer manuals, program details to remember, advice from past Global Impact Fellows, contact information for your fellow volunteers, contact information for alumni volunteers, contact information for the partner eye clinic's staff, visa instructions, Embassy registration instructions, online completion for the pre-departure requirements, among other important resources.
When you arrive abroad, you will work closely with the local medical professionals at the Unite For Sight partner eye clinic. The local ophthalmic nurses, optometrists, ophthalmologists, and other eye clinic staff are committed and attentive to the Global Impact Fellows. Global health is best learned from Unite For Sight's local social entrepreneur clinician partners who are directly involved in eliminating health and education disparities.
Additionally, all of Unite For Sight's U.S.-based staff and international partners are public health experts who are enthusiastic and committed to teaching and mentoring Global Impact Fellows about global health. Whether by email, phone, or the international in-field experiences, Global Impact Fellows are encouraged to inquire further about global health topics that are of personal interest to them.
It is also important to note that Unite For Sight's support and mentoring do not have any associated cost. All other programs that provide any level of support or educational opportunities to its participants or volunteers charge an administrative "program fee" and/or tuition that often costs thousands of dollars. In contrast, while Unite For Sight's level of professional support is unrivaled and far exceeds that of other organizations, Unite For Sight does not have an administrative program fee or tuition expense. Unite For Sight operates in a very cost-effective manner so that the organization does not need to pass along typical administrative, coordination, or tuition expenses to its Fellows.