Pacific NW-based nonprofit sending in people to assess the urgent situation Portland/Seattle – September 15, 2017– Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in the Asian nation of Myanmar, thousands are still flooding across the border daily into refugee...

Pacific NW-based nonprofit sends hygiene kits to Houston Portland/Seattle – September 1, 2017– With shattering records of rainfall and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, Medical Teams International (@MedicalTeams) is preparing shipments of hygiene kits to send to those impacted across southeast...

Aug 31, 2017 PORTLAND, Ore. — Medical professionals are assessing the needs right now in Houston as residents there still struggle in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Some local doctors and nurses are flying to Texas to do what they can while other groups are sending hygiene kits and...

PORTLAND, Ore. – (Aug. 17, 2017) This week, the number of South Sudanese refugees arriving in Uganda reached one million, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “It is imperative these vulnerable people receive medical care,” said Medical Teams CEO Martha Holley...

Medical Teams International has been active in the Syrian region since 2013, but recently stepped up its efforts as the humanitarian crisis has worsened. The Tigard nonprofit is working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon to provide direct medical care and building a network of local Syrian...

Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Support Refugee Health Services in Uganda PORTLAND, Ore. – (November 29, 2016) Many are calling it the world’s fastest growing refugee settlement – and Bidi Bidi is exploding on a daily basis with thousands of women and children in dire need...