World Missions Possible Classes Help Save Countless Lives in Ethiopia
Dr. Roxane Richter, a professor at University of Gondar, Ethiopia, and Dr. Thomas Flowers teach two cardiac resuscitation courses and one ad
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Holds First Mass Casualty Incident Moulage Simulation for KNUST ER Nu
Massive Road Traffic Accident Simulated with ‘Patients’ Made Up to Look Injured, Dead Today at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Moulage Simulation was held to train KNUST ER (4th year) nurses how to triage patients and allocate limited healthcare resources during a large manmade or natural disaster. Approximately 45 KNUST 4th year nurses, 12 emergency physicians, 3 emergency medical technicians/paramedics, and 42 KNUST 3rd year nurses participate
Health and Vision Clinic for Homeless and Indigent
We had 5 licensed optometrists, 3 licensed opticians, 2 MDs, 4 RNs, 1 EMT, 5 UTMB medical students, 15 University of Houston VOSH volunteers and many, many more wonderful volunteers! Many thanks to you all for a successful "I CARE" Vision & Wellness Clinic. We allotted scheduled optometrist appointments to four area organizations, including: Bay Area Turning Point domestic violence shelter , Jess Tree of Galveston County, Crossroads shelter, and CLUMC Celebracion Hispanic Min
Boot Out Ebola
A Charity Golf Tournament held Monday, September 22, 2014 raised $12,250 for Sierra Leone Ebola Clinic. We want to personally thank each and every golfer, sponsor, and donor for helping us reach this wonderful goal. 100% of your donation is benefitting the fight against Ebola. "BOOT OUT EBOLA" SPONSORS: “Big Kicker” Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Flowers “Slam Dunker” Kathleen Thorney “Boot Scooters” American Tank & Vessel & W.T. Cutts Rick & Janice Gornto Dr. Mahmood Dweik & Acorn Buil
Vision and Health Clinic for the Homeless and Indigent
We had 8 wonderful doctors, 2 RNs, 2 optometrists, and 2 other medical volunteers. Additionally, we had many “helping hands” as volunteers, including: Jordie Chalupnik, Kris Wessale, Alberto Williams, Virginia Campbell, Mike Allison, Heather Martin, Merridy Pyer, and Sheila and Stephanie from Celebracion. We served approx. 20 medical clinic patients and 145 eye patients. We had several cases of pterygiums, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma… and as always, lots of undi
Donations Made to Women's Center in Kono, Koidu
SUCCESS! World Missions Possible recently shipped a 20-foot container packed with equipment and medications, including an ultrasound, x-ray unit, two defibrillators, 220 spinal anesthesia trays and more to the Sierra Leone Ebola Clinic. Thanks to Clear Lake Regional Medical Center,American Tank and Vessel and Heart to Heart International, the clinic gets to keep the container for use as a medical storage unit. With a generous donation from Doresey Kastetter, we were also able
$20k Donation Received for Sierra Leone Medical Outreach
A special thank you to Clear Lake Regional Medical Center's Executive Committee, which recently donated $20,000 to World Missions Possible's Sierra Leone 2012 & 2013 Medical Outreach. The funds contributed by the Medical Executive Committee will be used for an upcoming trip to Sierra Leone, West Africa. With a population of approximately 6 million, Sierra Leone endured an 11-year civil war that resulted in the mutilation of thousands of men, women and children by Rebels of th
$5k Donation Received for Sierra Leone Medical Outreach From Greater Houston Emergency Physicians Gr
A special thank you to Greater Houston Emergency Physicians Group (GHEP), which recently donated $5,000 to World Missions Possible's Sierra Leone 2012 & 2013 Medical Outreach. Read more about this donation in the full press release. #GHEP #donation #charity #WorldMissionsPossible #SierraLeone #MedicalOutreach #WestAfrica #Africa #GreaterHoustonEmergencyPhysiciansGroup
"I CARE" Vision Outreach
Superheros in Scrubs! Back Row: Jerry Higgins, Bryan Barry, Mike Allen, Dr. Tom Pruett, Dr. Carl Shirk (from Swaziland!), Lesley Shirk (not pictured). Front row: Dr. Jose Peraza; Dr. Jackie Brending-Lerbs, Dr. Blythe Bucker, Roxane Richter; Dr. Susie Mehta, Nancy Durinio, Lynda McKenney, Dr. Tom Flowers. Once again, sending out a huge "Thanks for Making a WORLD of Difference" to all of our wonderful healthcare providers who volunteered at the World Missions Possible March 28t
Sierra Leone Medical Outreach Update
As you see from the photos, we were busy working with three facilities: The Jennifer Wright Pediatric Clinic (serves 2,000+ patients per month in Freetown); Wellbodi Amputee Clinic (serves 2,500+ patients per month in Kono) and the 300-bed Koidu Government Hospital (Koidu). The pediatric clinic is located in the capital city, which has been the hardest hit region for Cholera, with many people flocking to the clinic with diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms of Cholera. The we
