A young girl in Nigeria awaits care from medical volunteers. Physicians for Peace
creates stories of hope and healing each day all over the world.
Recently, we shared the story on our blog of Maryam, a woman whose life was saved by having access to proper medical care while delivering her baby boy. Life-changing stories like Maryam’s have been documented all year by Physicians for Peace medical volunteers around the world . . .
Like that of 79-year-old Don Filepe from Honduras who was missing half of his nose from facial cancer surgery and received the much-needed reconstructive surgery from Physicians for Peace.
Like that of Tarek, a 14 year old from the West Bank who was injured by a grenade on his way to school. He received a revision and skin graft surgery from Physicians for Peace, allowing him full use of his hand again.
Like that of Kissairis from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Drawing on her experience as a once scared and pregnant teen, the now young adult mom is a “Resource Mother” in the Physicians for Peace Resource Mothers Program, mentoring young pregnant women on the importance of pre- and post-natal care, as well as the first year of childhood. She plans to go to medical school to become a physician because of her training with Physicians for Peace.
There are so many Physicians for Peace stories like these. Many that we don’t even hear. As you know, Physicians for Peace not only provides primary and specialty patient care, but promotes sustainable health programs in our partner countries though medical education and training, as well as the medicines and equipment we leave behind.
This means that many of these life-changing stories will continue to happen, even after we’ve gone.
The global health crisis can only be solved if we create self-sustaining medical programs in the regions of the world that need it most.
By the end of this year, Physicians for Peace will have completed nearly 50 missions in 20 countries, changing countless thousands of lives along the way. You can help send the next Physicians for Peace medical mission team to a developing nation that desperately needs training and supplies to create a sustainable healthcare system.
We ask you to help us create the next story.
Your donation can save a life like that of Maryam’s, or inspire a life like that of Kissairis, or heal a wound like that of Don Filepe’s.
As 2009 comes to a close and you look to make your year-end charitable gifts, please consider Physicians for Peace. Your donation will create a story that will change someone’s life forever. Please take a moment to fill out the form and send your tax-deductible gift in by December 31. With your help, we can combat the global health crisis, one mission at a time.
To support our medical mission trips and international health education programs, make your donation here.
To support our medical mission trips and international health education programs, make your donation here.
From all of us at Physicians for Peace, we thank you for your support during 2009, our 20th Anniversary year. Mostly, we wish you and your family a joyous holiday season!
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