World Humanitarian Day: “I Want To Do This My Whole Life” 3 min Read Humanitarian. Adjective, noun. (a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people’s lives and reducing suffering. Today is World Humanitarian Day. Established in 2009 by the United Nations, today we celebrate humanitarians – sharing many thanks to the…
Real Life Goes Virtual: Explore the Online Exhibit 2 min Read In 1999, Medical Teams saw an opportunity. An opportunity to bring people into the places around the world we work through a small exhibit – right here in the Pacific Northwest. Guests would walk through reproductions of a garbage dump…
From Kisoro to Seattle with Dr. Jill Hilty 7 min Read Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there also is a love of humanity. – Hippocrates Dr. Jill Hilty is a family practitioner based in rural Colorado. When she found out about Medical Teams through a colleague in global health,…
Filling the Gaps: Dental Care for the Houseless 4 min Read A job loss. A broken relationship. An unexpected tragedy. People end up living on the streets for many reasons. Life on the streets is not easy. It pushes people into the margins of society, misunderstood and overlooked because they lack…
All He’s Asking for is Care 2 min Read Imagine if you lived in a place where the military dictated who had access to health care.Imagine if the only way to get to a hospital was through bribery.Imagine not knowing what to do if your child became sick and…
A Tribute To Felix Omodi 3 min Read On Friday, July 17th, Felix Omodi left this earth to be with the Lord he loved and served. While the world lost a great humanitarian, Medical Teams lost a former Country Director, a dear friend and a beloved brother in…
Keeping My Grandchildren Safe & Healthy 3 min Read Señora Maurilia Xona Pacay is 65 years old. Each day, she hauls sand on her back from the main road to her daughter’s home to build a concrete cistern for a water system. “We have been living in the community…
Inside Medical Teams: An Interview With Our Staff Member, Robert Businge 4 min Read If you ever have the chance to spend time at a Medical Teams field clinic, you will quickly learn how incredible the staff are. Our global work is fueled by the hands of dedicated and passionate local national staff in…
Same Pandemic, Different Worlds – Part II 5 min Read Given the recent events here in America – all happening within the chaos of a pandemic – we’re far more attuned to the grief our hurting world is feeling. Our daily work includes turning up the volume for those who…
On World Refugee Day, Become an Advocate for Every Day. 7 min Read Refugees are resilient. We are met with this truth time and time again – whether it be Syrians, South Sudanese, or individuals from Latin America. Each person holds a certain determination to live. They have looked violence and poverty in the face. They have escaped with their lives and left everything behind. What does it take…
Same Pandemic, Different Worlds – Part 1 5 min Read What does this crisis look like for refugees and other people living on the margins? Here are six of the realities that will make this virus more terrifying – and deadly – for the people we serve.
From Saboteur to Ally 3 min Read Reverend Emack Jackson pastors a church of 500 people in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania. Rev. Jackson, a Congolese refugee himself who’s lived in this camp for more than 20 years, has seen firsthand the heartache and brokenness suffered by…