Members of Haitian Soccer Team Visit Hospital in San Antonio
posted April 24, 2010 by webmaster
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 [...]
Read More...Louisville Delegation Brings Help and Hope to Ghana
posted April 18, 2010 by webmaster
Steve Diamond, executive director of the Louisville Chapter of Healing the Children, recently led a delegation to the Tamale Teaching Hospital in Ghana, Africa .
The trip was part of a visit organized by Diamond and the Sister Cities of Louisville, Inc. to develop a relationship between the medical schools and teaching hospitals in Louisville and [...]
A team of U.S. doctors discovers the unexpected on a mission to Ethiopia
posted April 14, 2010 by H Jackson
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 [...]
Ecuador Pediatric Ophthalmology and ENT Medical Mission
posted April 14, 2010 by webmaster
In February 2010, HTC Arizona sent its 2nd pediatric ophthalmology/ENT medical mission to Azogues, Ecuador. The team consisted of 12 volunteer members, plus an HTC administrator. They worked long and hard every day. On the first day, a total of 162 children were screened. Out of these, 58 patients were selected to receive surgeries for [...]
Read More...Hatian Child Returns Home
posted February 28, 2010 by webmaster
Portland Oregon – 13 year old Schneider Orius was born with a severe heart defect in a remote village in northern Haiti. He had always wanted to play soccer, but in reality was only able to struggle slowly to school. He came to Portland, Oregon to the Oregon/Western Washington Chapter of Healing the Children (HTC) [...]
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