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Expedition Calendar

Below is the calendar of our upcoming expeditions. If you are interested in signing up, please contact our Programs Department! For further opportunities, please check back later as additional expeditions are added throughout the year.

Please note that the calendar reflects available opportunities as of July 7, 2010. Some of the openings listed below might have been closed since the most recent update.

  Availability for a new or repeat SEE Affiliate traveler
Country/Site Clinic Date Host Team Leader Team Member Collaborating Organization Cases
July
Mexico, Jerez Pending Rodriguez M. Lopez MSICS
Philippines, Mangatarem Jul 12-Aug 23 Posadas Olegario ECCE
India, Bhavnagar Jul 23-25 Shah Peds
Ethiopia, Sendafa July 3-12 Gebretsadik Nelson LWCC ECCE/MSICS
Peru, Huamachuco Jul 3-14 Burga Hornby Weaver VOSH-MI, Rotary ECCE
Paraguay, Paraguari* Jul 18-29 Duerksen Wong Rea VOI, OneSight MSICS
India, Howrah Jul 7-12 S. Gupta N. Gupta Phaco/Ptery
Haiti, Cap Haitien Jul 17-24  Lucien McLendon ECCE
Mexico, San Juanico* Jul 8-16 Pending Rutgard MSICS
Tibet, Lhasa July 19-31 Jiangdran Newman SEVA Peds
Ghana, Accra July 26-30 Baah Young Campo Unite for Sight MSICS
Peru, Lima July 31-Aug 7 Perez-Martinot Bucci MSICS
Mexico, Tecate 17-Jul Godinez MSICS
AUGUST
Ecuador, Guayaquil Aug 1-5 Icaza Freeman Funcrisa Oculo
Mexico, Oaxaca Aug 9-13 Luz Burnham   FEI MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Aug 2-6 Rivera Reynolds CCSHH Oculo
Honduras, Gracias Ship for January De Dios Snyder Arendshorst MSICS
Paraguay, Encarnacion Aug 9-13 Duerksen Millin Rotary MSICS/Phaco
Ecuador, Guayaquil Aug 9-13 Icaza Brotherson Phaco
Zimbabwe, Harare Aug 16-20 Guramatunhu Woodward Retina/Support
Haiti, Milot Aug. 22-29 Lucian Moses Roney VOSH-Del ECCE
India, Kandla (Bhojay) August 20-22 Shah   Peds
Ghana, Accra Aut 9-13 Baah Gilbert Unite for Sight MSICS
Namibia, Engela Aug. 23-27 Ndume Colvard Larsen Groff ECCE/MSICS
Namibia, Rundu Oct  Ndume ECCE
Mexico, Tecate Pending Godinez FS MSICS
SEPTEMBER
Mexico, Tijuana Sept 25-26 Femat Rutgard     MSICS
Ecuador, Guayaquil Sept 20-24 Icaza Saravitz Ianchulev Funcrisa Phaco
Costa Rica, Limon Pending Ross Alvarez Rottman   VHI ECCE/Strab
Honduras, San Pedro Sula Sept 9-12 Mejia Craig*   VOI MSICS (Training)
Ecuador, Zamora* Sept 27-Oct 15  Pending Birenbaum     MSICS
Mexico, Tecate Pending Godinez     FS MSICS
Panama, Panama City Sept 10-11 Orillac Kohl Royo?   Phaco
Dominican Rep., Santo Domingo Sept 25 - Oct 16 TBD Thordsen Carlton   MSICS
Mexico, Ensenada Pending Barrera Kozak     MSICS
Thailand, Chiang Rai Sept. 5-7 Watanachote Corboy Rutgard HEF ECCE
Vietnam, Hue Sept. 6-10 Tuyen Sondheimer Tran   ECCE/MSICS
Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province Sep 23-Oct 9 Jambi Maslin   Marine Reach ECCE/Pyter
Ghana, Accra Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Sep 6-9 Ho Park Tran? Tam Luc ECCE/MSICS
Papua New Guinea, Rabaul* Sept 3-13 Yap Benedict Termini   MSICS 
Egypt, Alexandria Sept 20-24 Osman Sayegh Kukreja   ECCE/Phaco
Namibia, Oshikoto Sep. 20-24 Ndume Joseph Kindermann Vafidis ECCE/MSICS
Zimbabwe, Harare Sept 20-24 Guramatunhu Aaron Brown   ECCE
OCTOBER
India, Bhavnagar Oct 1-3 Shah       Peds
India, Khambhatt Oct. 15-17 Shah       MSICS
Ethiopia, Dembi Dollo Pending Hardasa Guzek     MSICS
India, Uttrakashi* Oct 3-7 Pending     VOSH ECCE/MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Kiribati, Christmas Island Oct 10-24 Tukenene Rutgard     MSICS
India, Mahableshwar* Oct 28-31 Shah       MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Oct 4-8 Rivera Ingraham   CCSHH Cornea
Vietnam, Binh Duong Pending Pending Westfield Duong   ECCE
Mexico, Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Oct 16-23 Berdeja Conahan Martin   MSICS
Syria, Damascus Oct 9-12 Shah       MSICS
Mexico, Mexicali Pending Barrera       MSICS
Mexico, Tecate Pending Godinez     FS MSICS
NOVEMBER
Yemen, Sana'a Nov 6-9 Qamhan Shah   MSICS
India, Jodhpur Nov. 15-22 Desai     ECCE
Lebanon, Beirut Nov 21-24 Yaseer Shah   DFI MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Mexico, Guaymas Pending Barrera MSICS
Mexico, San Blas Pending Rutgard Miller MSICS
Congo, Boma Pending Konde  
Fiji, Taveuni Pending Nakhate Rutgard MSICS
Ecuador, Guayaquil Nov 29-Dec 2 Icaza Edgington Geist Funcrisa Phaco/Oculo
Peru, Lima Nov 6-14 Perez-Martinot Bucci MSICS
Tibet, Menzikhang & Nyitri Pending Jiangdran Newman Lee Peds
Mexico, Tecate Pending Godinez FS MSICS
DECEMBER
India, Siliguri Dec 23-26 Shah Shulman? Willer (Moses) MSICS
India, Bhavnagar Dec. 10-12 Shah     Peds
India, Jodhpur Dec. 15-22 Desai     ECCE
Ghana, Flexible Baah     Unite for Sight MSICS
Nigeria, Orlu Dec. 3-18 Obiudu   Umezurike IMO ECCE
Paraguay, TBD TBD Duerksen Bordewick Wienkers VOI MSICS
Mexico, Tecate Pending Godinez FS MSICS
JANUARY 2011
Honduras, San Lorenzo* Jan 3-7 Pending KHISH, CCSHH, ZOE MSICS
Honduras, Gracias Jan 19-31 DeDios Snyder Arendshorst MSICS
Nicaragua, Granada Jan 17-21 Silva Bordewick Duerksen Lions Club MSICS (Training)
FLEXIBLE DATES
Ghana, Flexible Baah Unite for Sight MSICS
Marshall Island, Kosrae Pending Pending     CB ECCE/MSICS
Micronesia, Kosrae Pending Pending     CB ECCE/MSICS
Ghana, Flexible Baah Unite for Sight MSICS
Honduras, El Progreso Flexible Rivera   CCSHH Retina
Ecuador, Guayaquil Flexible Icaza   Funcrisa Retina
Paraguay, Encarnacion Flexible Duerksen   VOI ECCE/MSICS