Medical Missionaries News & Stories

President’s Annual Appeal 2020

We have seen desperate poverty this year. Delivering food to an elderly man in Appalachia, we saw a man who was chopping up the floorboards of his home for heat. This is just one of the sad and heartbreaking examples of the poverty our Medical Missionaries volunteers witness daily.

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Peter Dirr Ph.D
Medical Missionaries News & Stories

Peter Dirr In Memoriam

Peter’s life was a faith-filled journey. On the afternoon of May 11, 2020, he took the next step of his journey to be with God as he passed away at home, surrounded by family.

Peter worked with many organizations but Medical Missionaries was very close to his heart.

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Medical Missionaries News & Stories

St. Joseph Clinic Fire

    On April 4th, 2020 we had a fire on the roof of St. Joseph Clinic in Haiti. The fire destroyed solar panels, batteries and other equipment in the roof structure where it was held. Luckily, no one was injured.

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Medical Missionaries News & Stories

Breadfruit Project Update

Medical Missionaries Fellows, along with volunteers and head agronomist, Wiscard-Kardin Lapaix, have made significant progress in advancing St. Joseph Clinic’s Breadfruit Project

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Medical Missionaries News & Stories

2020 Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.

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