99% RAISED!!!

As of today we have raised 99% of our fundraising goal! Over the last week we have received over $3500 in donations!!

Thank you so much to all of our extremely generous donors! Your support means so much to our team. Because of your generosity we will be able to provide medication containers for ten communities in Honduras.

Please be sure check this blog for updates and photos of our team in Honduras. We will be leaving in just over a week!!

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT!!!

The 2014 Honduras Medical and Dental Team,

Dr Fabian Gorodzinsky, Dr Clive Schneider-Friedman, Ms Esther Kern, Ms Maureen Prevette, Ms Danielle Stampley,  Dr Mallory Chavannes and Dr. Alisha Gabriel

The 2013 team in Honduras with our hosts.

25% Raised!!

We have now raised 25% of our fundraising goal! A heartfelt thanks to all those who have so generously supported our mission trip so far! But we still have a long way to go and only over two weeks until we leave for Honduras so please keep the donations coming!

We now have a fundraising website for the project where you can donate online and receive thank you gifts for your donation.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/honduras-medical-dental-mission-2014/x/6368768

We completely understand if you aren't able to donate. Thank you for taking the time to visit our blog. There are definitely lots of other ways you can help us though!

  • Help us spread the word - Share our link on any and all of your social media pages
  • Help us network - Send us names/contacts of people you know who would be interested in donating
  • Keep us in your thoughts/prayers - This is probably the most important part of our entire project so please keep the prayers and thoughts coming!

From our entire team - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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A group of children from last years mission trip waiting to be seen by the doctors.

My First Mission Trip - Step 1 FUNDRAISE!

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Ever since I started medical school I have always wanted to go on a mission trip. I have purposely postponed going until I was in residency because I wanted to make sure I had enough skillls and experience under my belt so that I could actually DO instead of WATCH... if you know what I mean?

Anyways, you can imagine my excitement when I heard about a medical mission trip that goes to Honduras every year and brings physicians from the children's hospital where I am doing my residency.

Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the world and 60% of its population falls below the World Bank's national poverty line.Also, it is estimated that 280,000 children between the ages of 5-14 are forced to work in order to earn enough money for their families to eat.

Our project lasts one week and is a mobile medical mission - which means we drive to the rural areas in Honduras and see the children who can't get to the hospitals in the main cities. Some of the children we will meet may never have been to a doctor before. Over the course of the week our team see an average of 850 children. If you do the math that is about 150 kids per day!!

We also bring medical supplies with us to leave in Honduras. This year we can bring up to ten supply boxes  which each have about $5000 CAD worth of medications in them but were donated by a pharmaceutical company for $500 each. These supplies are so important for the community because they othewise would not have access to the most basic medications that we take for granted in our country.

I know that it is a very difficult economic time right now and alot of people are struggling just to keep their head above water. I'm not asking that everyone donate huge sums of money but instead that each person give an amount that they can afford and collectively the generosity of many will make a HUGE difference to the children in Honduras. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

I will end with a quote from a woman who inspired the world by her small acts of giving which made a  big difference.

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

― Mother Teresa

If you are interested in giving you can donate HERE

Or you can email hondurasmission2014@gmail.com