At Medical Teams, one of the best parts of our work is seeing the ways people connect because of our work. Sometimes that means they share in the simple dignity and joy of receiving health care, but often, deeper relationships…

When Naylin came to Colombia nearly 6 years ago, she felt lonely and isolated. Though her decision was motivated by her desire to keep her family healthy, trying to make a new life in a new country without a network…

At Medical Teams, we believe that loving our neighbors — near or far — is the way forward toward a healthier world. That’s why our guiding scripture is Luke 10:27: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

Shaza is a young Syrian woman. Seven years ago, her life turned upside down. War destroyed her home and extinguished her dreams.

Redwan lived in a small village in Myanmar with his wife, two children and extended family. On a quiet morning in 2017, they heard gunshots nearby and ran out of their home to witness a slaughter. The entire village —…

“We had no choice – they left us no options. They were chopping necks. They were raping women. We had to leave.” Morjan tells of her escape to Bangladesh.

I had the privilege of meeting Racheal, a Medical Teams International Program Manager in Uganda, a few months ago. Despite being 8,500 miles apart and chatting over a video call, we bonded quickly. We were around the same age and…

Faced with howling wind and fierce rain, Halima’s family of 16 squeezed into the only place free of rising flood waters — a tiny room in the back of their makeshift shelter.

“Mom, we’re dying – we’re dying, mom!”  

All she could do was stand stone-footed, unable to move.  

Unlike the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who recently crossed the border, Yasmin has spent her entire life in a refugee camp in Bangladesh…

The injured are left without medicines or supplies, and many who flee to safer places face impossibly expensive or nonexistent medical care…

Imagine for a moment that you are in desperate need of medical care, but the only care available to you is either too far away or too expensive…