YMAD is a wonderful organization that inspires high school students to use all their skills in organization, teaching, fundraising,networking, and goal achievement. I was part of the adult medical mentoring project preparing these students to perform simple medical evaluations in the Indian orphanages. I was felt fortunate to accompany these youth to Chamba India. We worked with four orphanages and observed in the government hospital, a privately owned hospital, and also visited neighboring rural clinics. The entire program envolved months of learning, demonstrations at a local elementary school, weekly meetings with the students, and the final event: a 16 day adventure to rural India. The experience changed all of us in many different ways. I have been a registered nurse since 1969 and have had many varied and exciting experiences, but this organization and working with these students has been a highligt of my life. The Baird family devotes so much of their time and effort to guide these high school students in this amazing ongoing project. If I were younger I would do it again and again. Rhonda Irvine, RN