During the month of February, ESF conducted their first volunteer satisfaction survey.  The results of the survey showed an overwhelming degree of satisfaction.

ESF will host an information session on Jan 17, 2011 at 6pm. We are accepting volunteers for June, September and December 2010. *March is full and June 2011 has 2 available openings. The session will be held at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Gardner Conference Room, 1st floor, Wright Saunders Building. The session will allow interested  [ Read More ]

For their efforts in Jamaica and also for their future plans for outreach in Haiti, ESF was recognized by the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center through the Nursing Newsletter.

Two local volunteer organizations are putting together relief missions to Haiti. About two dozen people turned out for an informational meeting Friday evening — some of those people were ready to leave in just hours. Kathy Weir is a nurse at Bryn Mawr Hospital. She got an email bout volunteering in Haiti at 2pm. By  [ Read More ]

Dear ESF Friends, Community Partners, Family and Supporters! Explorers Sans Frontières (ESF) is responding to the catastrophe in Haiti and that we are extremely distraught, personally and as an organization. Most of us have spent time trying to figure out how to travel to Haiti on such short notice but we are working on creating  [ Read More ]

ESF featured in a community outreach meeting to discuss plans to mobilize medical professionals into Haiti. The articles were printed on January 14 and 15, 2010.

Explorers Sans Frontières (ESF) in partnership with the “Saturday Academy” in North Philadelphia, a program through HOPE Worldwide will be collecting various items for the children’s Saturday activities. ESF and HOPE will work cooperatively to volunteer and serve the N. Philadelphia children and help make a difference in their lives! ESF has also created the  [ Read More ]

ESF volunteers gathered to celebrate the accomplishments for the past 2 years and celebrate the holiday season as a family. ESF created projects to assist with those requiring assistance purchasing food and supplies for children in North Philadelphia and also established projects and gained support for, “Operation Socks and Hot Chocolate,” an initiative focused on  [ Read More ]

ESF Team Jamaica would like to share that four (4) Presby Nurses will be traveling to Jamaica to assist with humanitarian efforts at local clinics and orphanages. In addition, a Medical Doctor from HUP, a medical student from PCOM and public health student from Penn are also included. Additionally, three (3) Public Health professionals from  [ Read More ]

This was ESF’s second year performing a variety of humanitarian related support. ESF Student Leaders Esther Okeke and Priscilla Nantieh, both graduates from LaSalle University, were able to lead local Senegalese students in CPR and 1st aid training, assisting Founder and President Shonta D. Collins in teaching sexual health education and related cultural educational activities.  [ Read More ]