Here is a small
cross-section of the many healthcare professionals
now working in mission locations as CMMB Medical
Volunteers:
A New York registered nurse is
helping patients and training local staff at
St. Boniface Hospital’s
Haiti Foundation in Fond Des Blancs, Haiti.
A
husband-and-wife, doctor-and-nurse team from
North Carolina is working at St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital in Shisong, Cameroon.
A physician from
Amsterdam, New York is treating patients at St.
Mary’s Hospital in Nairobi,
Kenya.
A registered nurse from Wisconsin
is working at the Catholic University in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, where the Catholic Church is taking
a leading role in building the country’s
healthcare infrastructure.
A dentist from Florida
is treating patients at the Pius X clinic in
Kingston, Jamaica.
A pharmacist from Iowa is working
at the North Kinangop Catholic Hospital in North
Kinangop, Kenya.
A physician from Indiana is delivering
much-needed care to patients at the Good Shepherd
Hospital in Swaziland.
Catholic Medical
Mission Board is a non-profit, religious, 501 (c) (3) organization
that provides services and deliver aid without regard to creed, race,
sex, or national or political circumstance. Catholic Medical Mission
Board is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC) of the United Nations. Gifts are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.
