Fonelisco Orphanage Day of Service

Today the Hope Ministries team split time between serving patients at Bugando Medical Center, and a day of service at Fonelisco Children’s Home in Mwanza. Here’s a recap of the ways we served the orphans at Fonelisco.

Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha Clinics and Surgeries

The Hope Ministries Team spent the week of January 8th at Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. Selian is a small hospital that serves a very poor area of Arusha. Gayle, Dr. Mark Wheeler, and the Hope Ministries medical student staff performed clinic visits, and helped the Selian surgical staff with orthopedic surgeries.

Hope Ministries Working and Teaching at Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza

The Hope Ministries Team spent the day working at the Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza. Bugando Medical Center is a teaching hospital, with a number of medical students on hand, and a strong resident program. The Hope Ministries Team provided surgical assistance, and provided teaching opportunities to the staff, students, and residents at Bugando.  

Saturday, January 11th

We have not been doing posts because Don McLeer is on the team and he is a videographer who is doing a documentary on Hope Ministries.  He has posted some pictures and vides on Hope Ministries and my personal facebook page if you want to watch them.  He is doing a great job.   The … Read more

Cairo Village Outreach Clinic

We held a 1-day outreach clinic in the Cairo village near Mirerani on Saturday, caring for over 160 patients. Our team touched a lot of lives, and our medical students got some more great hands-on experience with patients.