As 2019 comes to a close, we look back on lives that have been transformed. Many of the individuals we serve have endured unimaginable journeys — from fear to safety, from loss to new birth, from pain to healing. We believe it’s important to know who they are as people. Because we believe every person matters. To reflect upon all that has happened this year, we chose 19 impactful images that provide a window into some of these lives. We are honored that they shared their journeys with us — their joys, their sorrows, their daily lives. Take a look at what life is like behind a door in Guatemala, inside a clinic in Tanzania, and from a rooftop above the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh. 1 - Harun has grown since we first met him early last year. He visits our clinic regularly to manage his asthma symptoms and keep him healthy enough to attend school with his friends. (photo credit: Nihab Rahman) 2 - After laboring for 3 days at home, Umazahan safely delivered her baby in one of our clinics in Bangladesh. Her mother told us, “In Myanmar, many babies and mothers died. But at the hospital, babies are safe.” (photo credit: Nihab Rahman) 3 - In labor with her first child, Khusida was frightened. Her baby wasn’t coming, and the pain was growing worse. Rushed to one of our clinics in Bangladesh, she safely delivered her baby girl at the hands of our volunteer doctors. 4 - We operate in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh – Kutupalong – where over 919,000 refugees reside. Here, we provide medical care and train community health workers to spread awareness about hygiene and disease prevention. 5 - Suzanne lost a child to malaria, but now she has hope. Our team provides her family with mosquito nets, malaria medicines and regular health checks to keep her children safe. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 6 - New mom of twin girls, Imaculé, is learning how to breastfeed and maintain skin-to-skin contact with her babies. “I want God to help them grow up well,” she told us. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 7 - Kentia’s mother weeps over her daughter, who collapsed with a sudden, severe case of malaria. After an emergency IV treatment of life-saving medicine, Kentia recovered from her illness the next day. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 8 - This pregnancy had been the most difficult one for Odetta, a mother of four in Tanzania. She was two weeks past her due date and stricken with malaria. Thankfully, she delivered her healthy baby safely. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 9 - This precious girl weighed less than 2 pounds at birth. Thankfully, her mother delivered at one of our clinics that is fully equipped to provide life-saving care to premature babies. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 10 - Christina has struggled with poor health and malnutrition since she was born a little over a year ago. Her parents receive a regular supply of medicines, nutritional supplements and loving care for their daughter from our clinics. (photo credit: Helen Manson) 11 - Mondamar feeds her son, Mustafa, who is suffering from malnutrition. Our doctors help supply therapeutic foods so children can grow to be healthy. (photo credit: Barak Bruerd) 12 - When her twins stopped eating, Patient rushed to our nearby clinic in Liberia. Our health workers gave her nutritious foods to restore her children. Months later, her babies are healthy. Patient says she no longer feels helpless. (photo credit: Barak Bruerd) 13 - Mobile Dental Clinics help bring free or low-cost dental care to people in crisis throughout the Pacific Northwest. (photo credit: Lauren Odderstol) 14 - In Guatemala, we train community health workers spread important health information to rural communities. We work to ensure that families in hard-to-reach places receive the medical care they need. 15 - Our teams in Guatemala work alongside community members to build latrines and water systems. These basic services help save the lives of rural Guatemalans by giving access to good hygiene and clean water. 16 - In Lebanon, more than a quarter of the country’s population is now comprised of Syrian refugees. We’ve worked in settlements in the Bekaa Valley since 2013, providing medical care and training Community Health Workers. (photo credit: Hailey Sadler) 17 - Community Health Workers are the eyes and ears of their neighborhoods. They check on people with chronic diseases, teach neighbors how to stay healthy, and point individuals who are sick to the right medical providers. (photo credit: Hailey Sadler) 18 - In the middle of the second largest Ebola outbreak ever, the deadly disease could cross the border from the DRC into Uganda at any second. We work daily to provide health screenings at the border to prevent the disease from spreading. 19 - Children play jump rope in a Ugandan settlement. It’s beautiful to see joy in the middle of a place where we know many memories are full of pain. We are honored to serve and work alongside all the resilient individuals we meet. (photo credit: Barak Bruerd) From the rolling hills of Bangladesh to rural villages in Guatemala, people around the world are celebrating, thanks to the life-saving care they received in 2019. A mother in Tanzania who nearly lost her daughter to severe malaria can breathe a sigh of relief that her child was healed. An expectant couple in Bangladesh can rest in the hope that their baby will be safe thanks to volunteer doctors in our clinics. A mother in Liberia has the comfort of knowing her children have access to the nutrition and medical care they need to survive. Healing happens daily in all of these places, thanks to supporters like you. 2019 was an incredible year, and the impact has been far reaching. Your compassionate support provided health care for 4.28 million people in crisis in 17 countries. You helped send 19,200 mosquito nets to children in Tanzania to protect them from malaria. You supported the construction of new latrines and water catchment systems in Guatemala, helping prevent the spread of disease and provide life-saving hygiene. You made it possible for 13,813 Americans in crisis to receive urgently-needed dental care. And so much more! These 19 photos only scratch the surface of lives you’ve helped transform. But we hope they show the impact you can have on people in crisis around the world. In 2020 you can help continue to bring healing to a hurting world — Send life-saving medical care today. 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