It was only a year ago that CURE Clubfoot Worldwide opened its doors in Delhi, India and it hasn’t looked back since!  In only a year, CCW Delhi has straightened over 800 children’s feet!

CCW India is part of a network of CCW programs around the globe fighting to eradicate clubfoot as a life long disability.  Two hundred thousand children will be born every year with clubfoot, and 50,000 of those children are from India.  In Delhi, CCW manages clinics at six different hospitals, helping to reach the 1,000 children that were treated this past year.

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Looking for a new and rewarding opportunity?  Have you considered joining medical missions?  CURE is searching for a Pediatrician with a heart for the children of Afghanistan!

In Afghanistan, you will be part of a 100-bed hospital specializing in maternal child health and orthopedics, a family health clinic, and multiple training programs focused on furthering the medical training of Afghan nationals.  The pediatric component of CURE International Hospital provides care and consultation services for all children treated at the Hospital or the Family Health Centre as inpatients or outpatients whether routinely or in an emergency situation.

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Don’t forget that May 9^th is Mother’s Day!  This year in honor of your mother, why not return the favor and give love and support to a mom in need?  The mothers that arrive at our hospitals every day are desperate for two things: healing for their children and hope for their spirits.  You can help provide both!

For your donation in support moms around the world, we will send a Mother’s Day card to your mom, grandmother or special woman in your life.  Just visit www.helpcurenow.org/mothersday to make your donation and personalize your card!

Chicago area registered nurses, Tiffany Cupp and Anne Marie Colby, recently served earthquake victims by volunteering to participate in CURE International’s relief efforts in Haiti. The nurses met while working with CURE staff to provide care to the patients at the Haitian Community Hospital in Port-au-Prince. As a result of volunteering in Haiti, the two women discovered that they had not only changed the lives of their patients, but that their own lives had been changed as well.

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Construction continues on the CURE Niger hospital. Pictured is the hospital entrance.

We’d like to send a shout out to our friends at MedShare.

MedShare has partnered with CURE International to help  get our hospital in Niger up and running in the fall.

This past week MedShare sent a 40-foot container to the CURE Niger hospital.  The container held more than 1,200 boxes packed with medical humanitarian aid that will help keep the hospital operating and patients recovering. Read the rest of this entry »