Welcome
Welcome to the National Organization of Healing the Children. For over 30 years, Healing the Children’s sole mission has been to provide medical care to children in need. Never before in the history of HTC has this need been so great. With 13 chapters nationwide, and many International Partners, we are committed to meeting the healthcare needs of children worldwide. We can’t succeed without the help of people like you! We encourage you to take a look around our site and see how you can partner with us in making a difference.
HTC Haiti Relief Efforts
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti, Healing the Children chapters all over the country are responding to the call for help.With the help of hundreds of volunteer medical professionals, host families, and workers, we can and will make a difference in the lives of Haitian children! When the dust settles, Healing the Children will be there, healing one child at a time.For over 30 years, Healing the Children has provided free medical care to children who live in countries where the care is not readily available. Haiti is no different.Our mission is two fold:1. Our ...
Haitian child undergoes Heart Surgery
Kellen T. Knott* - In January of 2010, Medical Teams International volunteer physician, Tom Martin of Portland, Oregon, while working at a medical clinic in Haiti identified a young girl, 15 year old Stephanie Privert, as a candidate for potentially lifesaving heart surgery in the United States. When Dr. Martin identified Stephanie, she was underweight, had an extremely enlarged heart, and was taking several medications necessary in order to simply keep her alive. However, even with these medications, local doctors estimated that without a specialized kind of heart surgery that is not available in Haiti, Stephanie would have, at ...
Members of Haitian Soccer Team Visit Hospital in San Antonio
[caption id="attachment_632" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Bethlie and Naika with members of the Haitian National Soccer team"][/caption] San Antonio, Texas - Recently Mary Ullmann Japhet , Associate Executive Director for San Antonio Sports, had the privilege of accompanying a few Haitian National Soccer team players to Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital to visit two beautiful 10-year-old Haitian girls, Naika and Bethlie. Healing the Children helped secure medical treatment in the US for Naika and Bethlie after it was apparent that they both sustained serious injuries to their legs during the earthquake that needed immediate care. The shy girls’ little faces lit up when ...
Jean’s Journey of Hope: From Haiti to St. Louis
Healing the Children is pleased to announce that eleven year old Jean arrived safely in St. Louis after a long journey from Haiti. Carried by his cousin from the airport to Healing the Children Executive Director Kathy Corbett's car, Jean was[caption id="attachment_134" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Jean before coming to St. Louis from earthquake ravaged Haiti"][/caption]immediately taken to Shriner's Hospital St. Louis in hopes that his leg could be saved and hope for recovery would be realized. Healing the Children Missouri learned of Jean in the aftermath of the devastating quake. Jean's brave story and his cousin's steadfast commitment to family and ...
A team of U.S. doctors discovers the unexpected on a mission to Ethiopia
[caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="80" caption="Harold Jackson, columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer"][/caption] By Harold Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion Columnist (Article first appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer 4/04/2010 used by permission) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Eight-year-old boys, when they are not in school, should be outdoors with their friends, playing ball, finding treasure in what grown-ups throw away, shouting in glee because that's what little boys do. But not 8-year-old Zemen Toshome. For more than six years, Zemen has lived at Tikur Anbesa (Black Lion) Hospital in Addis Ababa. He goes outside only briefly on the hospital grounds. He can't shout because of his medical condition. [caption id="attachment_530" align="alignright" ...
Children’s Heart Fund of Ethiopia
Healing the Children over the last several years has partnered with multiple International organizations, including Project CURE and Chain of Hope, to deliver much needed medical equipment to the Children's Heart Fund of Ethiopia. Located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Children's Heart Fund of Ethiopia (CHFE) is responsible for creating a first of its kind, state of the art, caridiac center of excellence in the Horn of Africa. In addition to outfitting the CHFE Cardiac Hospital with equipment, HTC is committed to sending teams of doctors to perform operations and teach the local medical professionals. The Arizona Chapter recently sent a team of cardiac surgeons, led by Dr. Michael ...
