Giving Children Hope - An effort to send medicine to Haiti

Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

The recent cholera outbreak has spread to Haiti’s capital. At least 544 people have died from the disease and a reported 8,138 people are infected with it. Giving Children Hope is responding to the crisis by sending medicines. Join us and help stop the spread of cholera from taking more lives.

Officials are concerned that floods triggered by Hurricane Tomas could exacerbate the spread of the disease, which is transmitted through the consumption of fecal matter contained in contaminated water or food.

Send cholera-fighting medicines today to help stop the cholera outbreak. Giving Children Hope helped played an important role in providing medicines in the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe last year. Join us again to send these critical medicines.

To donate or find out more, visit gchope's website.

Canned Goods Donation in Orange County - "We've Got Your Back"

Do you have canned goods that you are willing to donate? Giving Children Hope (http://www.gchope.org/), a non-profit organization based in Buena Park, CA, is looking for canned good donations! In an effort to provide food for all children, the program called "We've Got Your Back" has an urgent need for canned meat, canned fruit and canned vegetables.

Please consider donating to We’ve Got Your Back, hosting a food drive and spread the word!
Go here for more info!

World Medical Mission/Samaritan's Purse - Called to Serve (Post-Residency)

Are you considering what to do after residency? Are you being called to serve?

Visit this website for more details.

Spiritual Awakening Mission - A Medical and Welfare Foundation

Through medical and welfare missions, SAM (Spiritual Awakening Mission) saves lives of North Koreans, share their pains and pass on the gospels thus saving their souls.

This is a foundation based in South Korea. For more information, please visit their blog.

Medical Missions for Children (MMFC)

Medical Missions for Children (www.MMFC.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to correcting facial deformities of under privileged children and young adults around the world.  We specialize in correcting cleft lips and palates, ear deformities, severe facial injuries and burns.  Our medical team consists of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, dentists and speech therapists from well- respected hospitals in the U.S. and abroad.  Each team member volunteers his or her vacation time to participate.  On average MMFC completes 15 to 20 missions world- wide each year, including  Angeles City and Leyte, Philippines.

To read more about MMFC, please visit their blog.

A Mission Roadblock: Money by Steven Thiltgen

"Money is both a roadblock and an excuse precluding mission involvement. Overcoming the financial obstacle is perhaps easier than the psychological aspect of using it as an excuse not to leave our comfort zone and serve. To serve involves sacrifice but funding ones mission doesn’t mean you have to bear the entire burden of cost. 

One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was to not use my own money to fund a mission trip. When I first started going on mission trips, I had the financial means to simply write a personal check. However, when you pay your own way, you are cutting out a huge aspect of the mission experience. I strongly encourage people to raise money for their trip by asking people to support them."

 Read more at this blog!