Dr. Susan Beebout, a medical missionary who has served in Niamey, Niger, with her family since 2007, is accustomed to treating patients who live in poverty...
Zambia - Baby Nasi was only 2 months old, and all of a sudden she had stopped eating and wasn’t sleeping well. With each passing day that Nasi refused to eat, her mother became even more desperate.
Zambia - Fifty-year-old Robyn had been in excruciating pain for nearly two months. She had tripped and fallen one day while walking down a steep hill, and now..
In the town of Cobán, a medical mission group supported by MAP is working to improve these dismal statistics for local Guatemalans, with the goal of helping...
Ghana - Najla was weary. For 10 years she had battled chronic thyroid nodules, and at this point they had enlarged so much that she had a baseball-sized lump...
Columbia - Angelina looked down at the sleeping 8-month-old boy in her arms. Miguel’s face was so precious to her, even with the cleft lip that he had been born with. Her heart ached to see him healed. As his mother, she would love him to the ends of the earth – but with his birth defect, society would not be so kind.
They both suffer from some underlying chronic health problems – Jose, from diabetes, and Aide, from a heart condition. The medicines that they need to manage their symptoms cost more than...
The surgery that Ruth received benefitted not only her, but her entire family. Because she was able to have the hysterectomy that she needed, Ruth was able to return home to care for her five children, pain-free.
Guatemala - This young man came into our clinic site on crutches and was unable to bear any weight on his right leg. At first glance it was difficult to know...
Meet Anthony. “Tony” is a devoted husband, father of two young children, and teacher at a local university in Nigeria. He was diagnosed with a serious heart condition in 2021, and has been struggling to keep his family afloat financially for the last two years.
Philippines - Dr. Denise Ranucci, an obstetrician and gynecologist, recently led a surgical mission team to Mindoro, Philippines. Her team was comprised of...
Nigeria - In many African countries, people with physical disabilities or deformities of any kind are often avoided, shunned from society, even denied...
Lebanon - Ali may be one of three triplets, but on the day the three boys entered the world, he stood out amongst them – he was born with a cleft lip and palate
Ghana - Imagine if your child had a heart disease, and she only had a 50/50 chance of living – not because treatment didn’t exist, but simply because the resources were