Mending Kids provides free life-saving surgical care to sick children worldwide by deploying volunteer medical teams and supporting communities to become medically self-sustaining.
Since 2005, we have mended thousands of children in 72 countries, including the US.
Since 2005, we have mended thousands of children in 72 countries, including the US.
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The Health Equity Leadership Project (HELP) embodies the fundamental philosophy of all Mending Kids programs.
Our Overseas/Hometown Missions and Individual Surgical Care Programs (U.S.A. & International) address health inequity by providing underserved children access to surgical care.
Our Overseas/Hometown Missions and Individual Surgical Care Programs (U.S.A. & International) address health inequity by providing underserved children access to surgical care.
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Our Training, Research, and Innovation program (TRI), provides exchanges of knowledge through hands-on training, cutting-edge technology, and virtual symposia; helping elevate the standard of pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care. Mending Kids supports its international mentees by offering observerships, medical conferences, and financial support for local surgeries. These programs cultivate leadership and self-sustainment in surgical care around the world.
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Additionally, HELP affords non-medical volunteers the opportunity for internships and to travel on Mending Kids overseas missions, during which they can shadow and support medical professionals in the delivery of surgical care. Many of our volunteers go on to careers in global health and medicine, or start their own nonprofits.
OUR CORE PROGRAMS
INDIVIDUAL SURGICAL CARE
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Our Mend US & Hometown Mission programs focus on free access to outpatient surgical care in the United States which grew out of our recognition that some children from underserved communities across the U.S. are unable to receive the surgeries they need as insurance companies consider these to be “non-life threatening” or “elective” and therefore not covered or because they are uninsured, underinsured, or undocumented.
These children are often targets of bullying and harassment, which can further lead them to self-harm. These surgeries are a necessity and life-transforming for the patients and their families.
These children are often targets of bullying and harassment, which can further lead them to self-harm. These surgeries are a necessity and life-transforming for the patients and their families.
Training
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In 2015, the Training, Research and Innovation department was created at Mending Kids. The department promotes effective philanthropy and expands Mending Kids’ mission through research that informs decision-making and program design.
Routine community appraisals and needs assessment, evaluation of programs and partnerships, and data collection and analysis will guide the organization’s strategic growth. Mending Kids is committed to conducting research and collecting data on key surgical indicators on nearly every mission we deploy, and then using the information gathered to monitor progress, engage communities, and inform health policies. |
UPCOMING EVENTS & programS
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Annual Report 2022:
As we wrap up 2022, we are on the brink of mending our 5000th child. This incredible milestone is a testament to the dedication of our medical and non-medical volunteers, the generosity of the companies who donate valuable medical supplies, and the philanthropy of our individual donors, corporate supporters and foundations. We could not have gotten this far without your help. |
