The year 2017 could be remembered as a year full of natural disasters, violence, and pain. But your generosity transformed 2017 into the year that thousands of people received urgent care at a time when they were the most vulnerable. When you heard about disasters...
Only 30 years ago, AIDS was a death sentence . . . a scarlet letter even. But because of greater global awareness, safety precautions, medical breakthroughs, and advocacy, millions of lives have been saved, and the end of AIDS is believed to be within reach. However,...
Situated in between several refugee communities in Ankawa is northern Iraq’s first-ever mobile medical clinic. On any given day, the clinic serves 75-100 patients in just a few hours. Today, however, over 70 patients were seen in less than two hours . . . men, women,...
My name is Ege, and I was married when I was 14 years old. When the time came for me to give birth to my first child, I labored for six days. On the seventh day, I finally traveled to the hospital, but it was too late. My baby was dead and I had developed a condition...
I recently returned from an emergency trip to Iraq, where our team is working on the frontlines of one of the worst humanitarian disasters I have ever witnessed. ISIS’ systematic slaughter of Christians and other minority groups from Iraq to Syria have driven...