Mending Kids gives sick kids life-saving surgical care while advancing education
and training towards medical sufficiency in their communities.
Since 2005, we have mended thousands of children in over 66 countries, including the US.
and training towards medical sufficiency in their communities.
Since 2005, we have mended thousands of children in over 66 countries, including the US.
countries served
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surgical mission trips completed
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children mended as of 12/31/2020
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Mending Kids is rated Platinum by Guidestar and 100 out of 100 by Charity Navigator.
UPCOMING EVENTS & programS
In these trying times filled with uncertainty, we have readjusted our mission schedule out of concern for the health and wellbeing of our volunteers and medical teams, and most importantly our immunocompromised cardiac patients. Our mission to Namibia has been postponed and our upcoming trip to Peru is being rescheduled for the fall. Armenia and Tanzania programs are currently in a holding pattern. We hope to deploy our teams as soon as it is safe to do so.
Imagine Gala 2021:
Celebrating our sweet 16th year of mending kids!
Saturday, April 17, 2021
5-6pm Pacific Standard Time
Celebrating our sweet 16th year of mending kids!
Saturday, April 17, 2021
5-6pm Pacific Standard Time
HIKE TO MEND
A Virtual Event Turned Year-Round Campaign
A Virtual Event Turned Year-Round Campaign
OUR CORE PROGRAMS
Overseas Surgical MissionOur assembled surgical teams travel to developing countries on specialized missions to mend children in need of life-saving surgeries, and to train local surgical staff to create sustainable programs. |
Hometown MissionWe provide outpatient surgical care to children living in the United States who do not have access to care by teaming with volunteer surgeons, nursing staff and local surgical centers. |
mend u.s.Mend US is an expansion of our Hometown Mission Program, 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. Our Mend US program allows qualifying patients across the United States to have year-round access to outpatient surgeries. |
INDIVIDUAL SURGICAL CARE
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a map of The places we've served...
Since 2005, we have mended children in over 64 countries, including the United States. Zooming on the map and see where we've been!
* Purple markers are countries where we led surgical mission trips in while blue markers are countries where we helped individual patients
* Purple markers are countries where we led surgical mission trips in while blue markers are countries where we helped individual patients
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. |
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