Twenty Years Today

Twenty years ago today, we became a federally recognized nonprofit. What began by bringing one child at a time to the US for critical surgical care has grown into 210 missions deployed, reaching children from 78 countries and directly touching the lives of nearly 6,000 kids, and indirectly so many more.
 
What is immeasurable is the number of lives affected by the time spent working hand in hand with our partners globally and their determination to build capacity and keep going long after a mission ends.
 
We cannot thank our medical teams, volunteers, and donors enough, who give their time, talent, trust, and resources to carry this mission forward. Little by little, one child, one procedure, one mission at a time, a little becomes a lot. In the words of Arthur Ashe, “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
 
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Twenty years later, thanks to you, we are still climbing.
 
Together, we are mending kids.
 
Isabelle Fox
Executive Director

Mend a Child

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