What is the REAL. LIFE. Exhibit?

The REAL. LIFE. Exhibit is a walk-through, multi-sensory exhibit that allows people to experience what REAL. LIFE. is like for children affected by disaster, conflict and poverty.

Visitors to the exhibit describe the experience: “Eye-opening.” “I will never be the same.” “Inspiring.” “I must do something.” “I can make a difference.” Read more comments »

Visitors step into places where the volunteers of Medical Teams International serve with our local in-country partners: 

• A medical triage clinic at the New Orleans Convention Center after Hurricane Katrina. 
• A room with a 25-foot tsunami wave, along with stories and drawings made by children who survived the tsunami. 
• A Ugandan camp for people displaced by a terrorist group that abducts children and forces them into their “army.”
• A Haitian earthquake site and a tent camp where homeless Haitians are living.  
• A Mozambiquan village compound where HIV and AIDS has ravaged the community.
• A Mexico garbage dump, where people live and scavenge for their livelihood.
• A Romanian placement center for orphans and abandoned children.
• A burn unit in a Moldovan children’s hospital. View more photos »

“Walking through the REAL. LIFE. Exhibit touched me more than any textbook or movie would. I took in more than expected and left with more than I could imagine. I felt that I had to do something. I think that the exhibit should be somewhere that everyone goes to.” —Westview High School student  

I’m only one person, but I can make a difference.