VHIO strives to eliminate language barriers in healthcare settings by providing trained volunteer interpreters from UC Berkeley to healthcare organizations and facilities for underserved, limited English proficient (LEP) communities in the Bay Area.

Currently, we have official training and established volunteering opportunities for Cantonese, Mandarin, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese interpreters. In our goal to reach out to more populations, we welcome speakers of other languages to help us expand our language capacities.

Fall 2013 Recruitment Information

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to another semester at Berkeley and thank you all for your interest in VHIO! We’re currently in the process of relocating ourselves to a new website and will be updating you all with the link by the end of this week. We will have our info session and application dates on there so check back in the next few days.

We’ll be tabling on Upper Sproul at Calapalooza tomorrow (Thurs. Aug 29th) from 3:30 pm to 7:00pm so drop by and say hi!

– VHIO Officers, 2013-2014

March 2013 Newsletter

Please click here to view the March 2013 newsletter and read about former VHIO volunteer Tessa Chu’s adventures!

January/February 2013 Newsletter

Please click here to view the beginning-of-the-semester newsletter, featuring an alumni spotlight from former VHIO secretary Karen Wong.

November/December 2012 Newsletter

Please click here to read our November/December newsletter, with an alumni spotlight featuring Serena Hsia.

October 2012 Newsletter

Please click here to read our officer updates about events, t-shirts, and new partnerships, and to read Sofia Hsu’s alumni spotlight.

Beginning-of-year Newsletter

Please click here to view the beginning-of-year newsletter to find out about our ongoing events and read about our alumni spotlight featuring Kathy Cheung.

Fall 2012 Active Members

Active members are now listed under <a href="https://calhbc.wordpress.com/join/"Membership. Please note that since membership is by school year, so if you were missing hours during the fall semester, you may make it up by completing extra hours in the spring semester. Thank you for volunteering with us!

VHIO SPRING 2013 RECRUITMENT INFO

For spring 2013, we are recruiting volunteers for Cantonese and Khmer. The training will be throughout spring semester, and volunteers will be able to begin volunteering once they pass the midterm. After passing the training session, we encourage you to be active in our events and attend our workshops to maintain your interpretation skills and knowledge.

Encourage your friends to apply as well!

Info session: Tuesday 1/29 7-8pm in 210 Wheeler
Please click here for the presentation slides.

Application: due Sunday February 3rd at 11:59pm via email
Please click here to access the application.

Officer Position Applications

Officer applications are now available!

Please click here for the officer position application (includes the timeline, directions, application, and a page of officer position descriptions)

Please click here for the officer info session powerpoint

Applications are due January 31st at 11:59pm, and the interning period is February through April.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and good luck!

Website Update

The information content on this website has been updated. However, I understand that we do not have too many pictures on our website, so please be patient with us.