Medical Trips

Childhood diseases and afflictions don’t discriminate, and neither do we at Mending Kids International. Our reach extends to highly populated cities as well as secluded shantytowns. Our volunteer network serves urban cities and remote community – anywhere in the world where children lack acceptable medical care. On our trips abroad our goal is to identify and treat the greatest number of children possible. Over the years our medical teams have brought hope to the poorest communities, and continue to touch children from all walks of life. If, for instance, we get a call from a doctor in Guatemala who reports a population of children who need help, we will do our best to send a team of doctors to that area, regardless of how remote.

Whenever possible we try to assist in establishing medical programs in the foreign countries we visit. If facilities or time constraints prohibit us from performing a complicated surgery, we do our best to have the child airlifted to an American hospital.

Foreign Children Airlifted

When a foreign child has a condition that is too complex to treat during a brief medical trip, he or she may be “airlifted” to the United States for extended treatment or multiple surgeries. To date, children from Asia, Africa, Central and South America have traveled to America for donated medical care. The children from the far corners of the world benefit from modern medical facilities and quality care that is simply unavailable in the homelands.