The Ideal Face the Challenge Volunteer

FTC is looking for team members who are:

• well-prepared with realistic expectations (not naive)
• flexible and resourceful; have a sense of humor
• team players and collegial (willing to teach and share)
• confident, yet humble
• organized and punctual, both in meeting deadlines before and during the trips
• service-minded
• mentally, emotionally, and relationally stable; not trying to "find themselves"
• able to respect boundaries
• culturally sensitive (e.g. historically, traditions, social and political climate, health care)
• gracious in receiving gifts from the hosts and patients
• bi- or multi-lingual, if possible
• experienced in international travel or working with foreign cultures
• good listeners (it takes 2-3 times the normal effort in a foreign country) and observant
• in good to excellent health and safety conscious
• Internet savvy, who can explore pertinent trip-related topics on their own
• and be able to process FTC-sent correspondences

How To Volunteer

The challenge of providing the best possible care and the most advanced medical technology to the world’s needy looms larger than ever. Your support as a volunteer, aside from providing indescribable personal rewards, will help Face the Challenge further its mission of compassion and care around the world. There are two ways to volunteer:

If you are a medical professional and would like to volunteer your expertise, please click the link below and fill out the medical professional volunteer application.
Medical Professional Volunteers We Need

If you are not a medical professional and would like to offer your help in other ways, please click the link below and fill out the volunteer application.
Applicants are limited to those people living in the Denver, Colorado area.
Non-Medical Professional Volunteers We Need

For those of you who live in other regions, we trust you will be able to offer your services to someone near you. If you would like to explore other medical outreach organizations, please refer to the comprehensive list in the Journal of the American Medical Association, August 1999 issue (www.JAMA.com). We trust the information is reasonably current.