CURE INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN WORK
Organization Honored at Ceremony in the United Arab Emirates

Lemoyne, Pa. December 20, 2010: CURE International, the leading provider of pediatric specialty surgical care in the developing world, has received a Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services. It was presented at a ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The award recognizes individuals or organizations that significantly contribute to alleviating the suffering of people subjected to exceptional circumstances such as catastrophes, epidemics, famine, wars or natural calamities. The Hamdan Award is one of the Middle East’s most prestigious awards. CURE joins a distinguished list of other individuals and medical organizations that have received this honor.

CURE operates 11 hospitals worldwide, including one in the U.A.E. It was founded by Central Pennsylvania residents Dr. Scott and Sally Harrison in 1996 and is headquartered in Lemoyne, Pa. CURE has changed millions of lives throughout Africa, Asia and Central America through the medical and spiritual care it provides. Focused primarily on curing children with physical disabilities, CURE has also developed a growing reputation for the excellence of its general care facilities in the U.A.E. and Afghanistan as well as for its dedication to training national medical professionals.

According to the Hamdan Award committee, CURE International received this honor in “recognition of [its] pioneering services rendered to the advancement of medical sciences and humanity.”

CURE Senior Vice President Dale Brantner appeared at the awards ceremony on behalf of the organization.

“It was a great honor for CURE to receive the Hamdan Award in recognition of our work around the world,” said Brantner.  “It serves as yet another tangible opportunity to further the dialogue between Muslims and Christians toward a greater good.”

About CURE International
CURE International is a nonprofit organization that transforms the lives of children and their families in the developing world through medical and spiritual healing. The organization has treated more than 1.2 million patients and performed more than 80,000 life-changing surgeries. For more information, go to: CURE.org.

For media inquiries, please contact Noel Lloyd, communications specialist, at 717-724-4037 or nlloyd@cureinternational.org.

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