Mission Statement:
Mission to Heal was organized and purposed by the vision of Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, who for over 40 years has been treating people who otherwise have no access to medical care. Following Dr. Geelhoed’s example, Mission to Heal sends health care practitioners and senior year medical students to the poorest parts of the globe to treat patients and train local health care workers. This initiative has a sustaining effect by enhancing the medical capabilities of small developing world clinics.
Guiding Principles:
1) Faithful and Responsible Stewardship
“To those to who much has been given, much is expected.” Faithful stewardship
means to share that which we have been given with those who cannot help themselves.
Responsible stewardship requires being mindful of our duty to not create an environment
of dependence but rather one of self-reliance. An essential component of Mission to
Heal’s ability to work in any given community is our ability to identify self-motivated
medical professionals and leaders within the community who are committed to a
successful outcome- an ongoing, locally-sustained health care delivery system that meets
the needs of the people and provides a promising future to local medical professionals.
2) Dignity of the Human Person
Each individual is a unique and unrepeatable manifestation of God’s love. As medical
professionals we strive to encounter the whole person, remaining mindful of his/her inherent dignity before God.
3) Principle of Subsidiarity
The fundamental principle of social philosophy, that one should not withdraw from
individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own
enterprise and industry. If a complex function is carried out at a local level just as
effectively as on the national level, the local level should be the one to carry out the
specified function. The principle is based upon the autonomy and dignity of the human
individual.
Background:
For four decades, surgeon Glenn Geelhoed (Doc G) has taken medical missions to the
poorest parts of the globe, to treat patients at no cost and train local people to dispense
care. Students and colleagues accompany Doc G to help people and share their medical
knowledge. But ultimately it is these teachers who end up learning – from the culture, the
experience and, especially, the patients; drawing lessons about human resilience, global
interdependence and our overwhelming commonalities. Doc G describes these “gifts
from the poor” as a means to enrich the whole planet. Mission to Heal was established to
capture the principles of Doc G’s medical apostolate; to respond to his call for others to
embrace not only the responsibility, but the opportunity of healing a wounded world.
2011-2012 PRELIMINARY BUDGET -M2H PROJECTED COSTS BREAKDOWN
South Sudan Mission 5 Part Initiative, 12/26/2011-1/13/2012
Mission Cost =
- International transportation of 7 volunteers $ 11,200
- Air Charter, African Inland Mission/Pilot/fuel $10,000
- Food and lodging $2800
Central African Republic and Chad Mission 1/13/2012-1/27/2012
Mission Cost =
- International transportation of 5 volunteers $8,000
- Air Charter, African Inland Mission/Pilot/fuel $10,000
- Food and Lodging $2800
South Sudan Mobile Surgical Unit December 2012
Mission Cost $59,000
○ International transportation of 10 volunteers $20,000
○ Air Charter, African Inland Mission/Pilot/Fuel $15,000
○ Truck acquisition, retrofit/repair $10,00
○ Medical equipment $5,000
○ Food and Lodging $4,000
LMC-LaCunga Medical Clinic December, 2012
Clinic/Mission Cost $107,000
○ Building materials, locally sourced $30,000
○ Building materials, foreign sourced and shiped $40,000
○ Local Labor $10,000
○ International transportation of 6 volunteers $12,000
○ Air Charter, African Inland Mission/Pilot/Fuel $15,000
2011-2012 Administrative Costs:
○ Website Design $400
○ Website Maintenance $600
○ Fundraising Materials $1000