Dr. Glenn, a surgeon, and George, a kidney transplant recipient, reunite to reflect on the last 50 years, sharing stories of perseverance, advocacy, and adventure. Dr. Glenn founded Mission to Heal, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing surgical and medical care to remote areas around the globe, while George became a diligent advocate for kidney donation…
Nearly 80% of New Year’s resolutions are ditched by February. It’s hard to change your routine and stick to a new lifestyle or goal when you’ve been doing the same things month after month, year after year. Mission to Heal took the risk of being part of this statistic and set out a new year’s…
We still remember our 2019 mission in Uganda quite fondly. Despite a few obstacles in the beginning, our arrival to Otuke marked a pivotal shift for our mission. Dr. Geelhoed noted this transformation in his journal, writing: “Our arrival was made more pleasant by two very important features, the welcoming large cadre of eager patients…
Education is at the very core of our medical missions. By taking a teaching posture, we aim to equip under-resourced communities with the necessary knowledge to support their constituents’ health. We are strong believers of the power of pedagogy, especially when it follows a two-way path: the teacher has to be willing to learn, and…
As we continue to monitor the global situation of the pandemic, we are putting together a tentative schedule of missions for 2021. Uganda was one of the last places our team could visit in March before the Coronavirus halted any further missions. We hope to return to our friends in Uganda soon. In preparation for…
The decision to volunteer abroad is a big step. Before you make your decision, there are some measures you can take to ensure an enriching experience for both yourself as a volunteer and your host. While you can’t anticipate everything, the best way to be prepared is to ask yourself a few frank questions. 1.Personal…
Furthest Peoples First is available NOW at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can also email us at hello@missiontoheal.org to request a signed copy. Spanning the first seven months of 2019, our founder Dr. Glenn Geelhoed’s newest book Furthest Peoples First is a detailed account of our missions in the African transect. Readers will be confronted with the harsh…
Are medical missions truly effective? Well, sometimes! We believe the question is really asking “are missions sustainable? Our answer? Well, that also depends! “Sustainability” has been popping up in the news a lot lately. It refers to the improvement or defense of something – and most crucially, keeping it that way. We typically hear this…
How can renewable energy provide reliable healthcare? Long-time M2H partner Lake Turkana Wind Power makes this possible through its non-profit subsidiary, Winds of Change. LTWP boasts a stretch of over three hundred wind turbines in Marsabit, Kenya. From the inception of this project, LTWP wanted to commit itself to benefit the Marasbit community. As such,…
“Our tutorial began with an introduction into the educational component of our M2H Missions and how it would work. Rafael led off on the discussion of burns, the kinds of agents that can burn and the depth and width and the treatment. We set up the three stations to screen always being certain that the…