Medical Internship Assistance Program

 

The Medical Internship Assistance Program provides living stipends, internet access and essential work and training materials to medical student interns who are engaged in delivering healthcare services to impoverished communities in remote areas of Myanmar.

 

Recipients must demonstrate: 

  

• Outstanding moral character 

• Commitment to use their education for the benefit of under-served communities 

• Superior academic achievement 

• Financial need 

  

Priority is given to candidates who: 

  

• Express an interest in working in a rural, under-served community. 

• Share Project HANDS’s philosophy of giving back or paying forward. 

• Have a particular interest in women’s health. 

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The scholarships are granted with the expectation of giving back and paying forward. In that spirit, students agree to undertake any or all of the following activities, during and/or upon completion of their studies.

 

• Mentor or tutor deserving students.

• Seek employment in a rural or under-served community.

• Volunteer in a rural or under-served community.

• Provide a scholarship for a deserving student who faces economic hardship.