About the organization: Responds to community requests by providing the tools and training to help Congolese communities generate income to improve education, health, and well-being.

Volunteer opportunities: Volunteer opportunities available for nurses, midwives, doctors, lab techs, and vets on trips to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From organization website: HandUp Congo is an Australian-based charity supporting community-led development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Operates programs in healthcare, education, food security, and women's empowerment in the Mai-Ndombe Province. Welcomes volunteer healthcare professionals. HandUp Congo (handupcongo.org) is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to providing healthcare, education, and economic empowerment to underserved Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) communities, particularly in Equateur Province and along the Congo River. Operates partnerships with Congolese hospitals, mission stations, clinics, schools, churches, and community-based organizations. Programs include short-term medical mission trips, mobile medical outreaches, equipment donation, training of local Congolese healthcare workers, school sponsorships, vocational training, women's empowerment, food distribution, clean water initiatives, agricultural development, and humanitarian relief. Health services include primary medical care, women's health (maternal and reproductive health), pediatric care, surgical care, dental services, vision care, malaria/TB programs, HIV/AIDS care, malnutrition treatment, mental health and trauma support, and health education. Welcomes US and international volunteer physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, optometrists, nurses, midwives, public health professionals, mental health professionals, social workers, translators (French/Lingala), and lay support volunteers.

Healthcare services: emergency medicine, public health, critical care medicine, family medicine, ophthalmology, maternal–fetal medicine.