Inspiring Health Workers

...Ryan is helping Juliana and other staff in the maternity ward gain new skills for newborns facing life-threatening complications. The rest of Ryan’s time is spent learning from others— like...

Helping Babies Breathe: A Volunteer’s Mission

...including Cameroon, Swaziland, Uganda, and Burundi. In Haiti, there were 25 neonatal deaths for every 1000 births in 2016. In comparison, in the United States, the neonatal mortality rate is...

What Would the World Be Like Without Charity?

Six months completed as a doctor in Nzara, South Sudan without a day off; six months of ward rounds, pleasure and sadness; and my first day off approaching! 6000 patient...

Language and Barriers

Abigail Zielinski recently served as a volunteer nurse at the Mutomo Mission Hospital in Kenya. Before completing six months in the field, she wrote the following piece. In it she...

Volunteer Yamilet Soto: First Impressions

...support to mothers. Their dedication and commitment to the children and community they serve is so admirable. Promotoras are volunteers and do not receive or expect an income for their...

How Volunteering in South Sudan Shaped My Path

Nearly three years ago, Carolyn Flaherty served with CMMB as a volunteer nurse at St. Therese Hospital in Nzara, South Sudan. Guided by faith and a commitment to service, she...

Volunteer Alyson Rockhold: First Impressions

...I feel like I am in a constant state of learning. Lucky for me, I have found wonderful teachers in the hospital staff who patiently answer my many questions. I’ve...

Meet Mandi Clark: International Volunteer

...ready to work in any unit at any time! She’s also busy “floating” to Orem Hospital and the American Fork Hospital in Utah, bringing her compassion and care wherever she...

Arriving in Mutomo: The First Weeks

...of Lourdes Mission Hospital. Coming from a small, rural town in New Hampshire, I have to say that I was overwhelmed. There were many more people around than I expected...