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Our Hospitals

CURE has a comprehensive approach to providing surgical care for children with disabilities. We support their families and strengthen the capacity of local church and healthcare systems in the countries we serve.

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  • Ministry Outreach
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  • After Surgery
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CURE Children’s Hospitals

CURE International is a global nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Services are provided at no cost to families because of the generosity of donors and partners like you.

Overview
CURE Children’s Hospital Network

CURE operates a global network of eight pediatric hospitals providing high-quality surgical and intentional ministry care for children with treatable disabilities. CURE supporters help provide services at no cost for families living in poverty.

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Ministry Outreach

CURE’S approach to healing goes beyond simply treating symptoms. We minister in word and deed to address the root of the difficulties facing children with disabilities.

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Before Surgery

From their first meeting with a doctor to diagnostic testing and nutritional support, CURE is committed to ensuring children and families are prepared before, during, and after surgery.

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Conditions We Treat

Every day, CURE clinical teams provide life-changing surgery to children suffering from a wide range of disabilities.

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RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
After Surgery

After surgery, patients receive check-ups, physical and emotional therapy, and adaptive devices, like wheelchairs and crutches. The path to recovery even includes fun in the playroom.

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Training Medical Workers

More healthcare workers are needed to serve the millions of children living with treatable disabilities. We’re training them.

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About CURE

Motivated by our Christian identity, CURE operates a global network of children’s hospitals that provides life-changing surgical care to children living with disabilities.

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  • Medical & Ministry Teams
  • Strategy & Impact

CURE Overview

CURE International is a global nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment. Services are provided at no cost to families because of the generosity of donors and partners like you.

Overview

Overview

CURE International is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides surgery and comprehensive care for children with disabilities and works with both the local church and local healthcare systems to better serve them.

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Explore our recent news, medical advancements, and stories of impact.

Meet the Team

Get to know the medical, ministry, and administrative colleagues helping kids heal.

Financial Accountability
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CURE is a top-rated nonprofit organization for its transparency, accountability, and effectiveness.

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2024 Year in Review

See the lives changed through your generosity.

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Our Medical Team

Committed and compassionate, our medical team provides children in under-resourced areas of the world the excellent surgical and ministry care they deserve.

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Our Ministry Team

Trained pastors, counselors, and ministers share the love of Jesus with children and families we serve.

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Measuring Impact

For over 25 years, we have believed that every child matters and every metric should be measured.

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Next Steps

Give, serve, and help kids heal with CURE.

  • Ways to Give
  • Support a Campaign
  • Join the Team
  • Peer to Peer
  • Radio Partnerships

Sponsor a Surgery

Provide life-changing surgical and ministry care.

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Ways to Give

Your generosity is life-changing and your trust is important to us. CURE is a top-rated nonprofit organization for its transparency, accountability, and effectiveness.

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Support a Campaign

You can help kids heal by gifting life-changing surgical and ministry care at CURE.

Join the Team

Make a permanent difference in the lives of the children and families CURE serves every day.

Peer to Peer Fundraisers

You can start your peer-to-peer fundraiser here!

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Radio Partnerships

To reach more people with information about the life-changing surgeries CURE provides for children with treatable disabilities, we’ve partnered with the following radio stations.

Who we are

Advisory Board

Get to know the supporters who lend their expertise to help CURE further our mission of transforming the lives of children in need through life-changing surgery and sharing the hope of Jesus.

Advisory Board
Alistair Begg

Senior Pastor, Parkside Church

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Steve Biondo

Former President, Tim Tebow Foundation

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Patrick Cameron

CEO, RPC Ventures

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Peter Kyalo Mwalimu

Executive Director, Hope and Healing International

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Joni Eareckson Tada

Founder, Joni and Friends

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Chris Tomlin

Christian Singer-Songwriter

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Advisory Board
Alistair Begg

Senior Pastor, Parkside Church

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Steve Biondo

Former President, Tim Tebow Foundation

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Patrick Cameron

CEO, RPC Ventures

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Peter Kyalo Mwalimu

Executive Director, Hope and Healing International

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Joni Eareckson Tada

Founder, Joni and Friends

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Chris Tomlin

Christian Singer-Songwriter

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Leadership

Providing expert surgical care and ministry support to children living in poverty around the world through permanent hospitals.
Overview

CURE International is a global nonprofit network of children’s hospitals providing surgical care in a compassionate, gospel-centered environment.
History

We're changing the lives of vulnerable children—one surgery at a time—since 1998.
Financial Accountability

We are a top-rated nonprofit committed to financial transparency. Learn how we make the most of every gift we receive.
Impact

Changing lives, one surgery at a time.
Our Founders

Dr. Scott and Sally Harrison have dedicated their lives to giving hope to children suffering from treatable disabilities throughout the developing world.

Alistair Begg

Senior Pastor, Parkside Church

Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. Following graduation from the London School of Theology, he served eight years in Scotland at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church.

In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He has written several books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program Truth For Life. The teaching on Truth For Life stems from the week-by-week Bible teaching at Parkside Church. Alistair has been involved with CURE since 2022.

He and his wife, Susan, were married in 1975 and they have three grown children.

Steve Biondo

Former President, Tim Tebow Foundation

Steve Biondo is the former President of the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF), which helps vulnerable children and families in nearly 90 countries around world by focusing on anti-human trafficking and child exploitation, orphan care and prevention, and serving children with profound medical needs.

TTF is a key partner in providing life-changing surgeries at four of CURE’s children’s hospitals. Before his role at TTF, Steve served as President of The James Fund, an orphan care ministry through Family Christian Stores.

He currently serves on several boards related to anti-human trafficking and orphan care. Steve and his wife, Chris, have three children.

Patrick Cameron

CEO, RPC Ventures

Patrick Cameron is the CEO of RPC Ventures and an international businessman, entrepreneur, and financial advisor. He has built a successful portfolio of operating companies across diverse sectors, including real estate, manufacturing, aviation, and poultry, with a presence in the US and Africa.

Since his first visit to CURE Zambia in 2007, Patrick has been deeply involved in the ministry. Additionally, he’s played a key role in developing and expanding CURE Uganda’s neurosurgical hospital.

Outside of work, Patrick is an adventurer, pilot, and father to seven children. He and his wife, Jenny, enjoy traveling, fishing, supporting the Razorbacks, and spending quality time with close friends around the world.

Peter Kyalo Mwalimu

Executive Director, Hope and Healing International

Peter serves as the Executive Director of Hope and Healing International, where he is dedicated to serving children around the world—a cause he considers love in action.

He spent 25 years in various roles with CURE, including Chief Program Officer and Executive Director at CURE hospitals in Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, a master’s in global healthcare leadership, and a Master of Business Administration. This strong foundation informs his holistic approach to care—addressing the medical, spiritual, emotional, and practical needs of the world’s most vulnerable children.

Peter is married to Jackie Ngigi, and together they have four children—one son and three daughters.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Founder, Joni and Friends

Joni Eareckson Tada is an esteemed Christian stateswoman and respected global leader in disability advocacy.

Although a 1967 diving accident left her a quadriplegic, she emerged from rehabilitation with a determination to help others with similar disabilities. 

Joni serves as CEO of Joni and Friends, a Christian organization that provides programs and services for thousands of families with special needs worldwide. Partnering together, CURE and Joni and Friends have developed a comprehensive training program to equip pastors in countries where CURE serves to better care for children living with treatable disabilities.

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on Disability and reappointed by President George H. W. Bush, Joni played a key advisory role in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She has also served as Senior Associate for Disability Concerns for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. A prolific author, artist, and speaker, Joni has shared her message of hope through books, radio, and media.

Joni and her husband, Ken, were married in 1982 and reside in Calabasas, California.

Chris Tomlin

Christian Singer-Songwriter

Chris Tomlin is an accomplished musician and author. He is the coauthor of the bestselling worship book Holy Roar and children’s title Good Good Father.

Chris is passionate about sharing God’s love in a practical way and used his 2015 Love Ran Red tour to introduce his fans to CURE’s mission, raising more than $700,000 to help kids heal.

Chris is one of only four music artists in any genre ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 billion digital radio streams (joining only Justin Timberlake, Pitbull, and Garth Brooks). He has sold more than 8 million albums and 11.3 million digital tracks, and has had 16 number-one radio singles.

The Grammy winner’s list of music awards includes an American Music Award, three Billboard Music Awards, 21 Dove Awards, a BMI Songwriter of the Year Award, and more. In 2018, Chris launched his own imprint record label, Bowyer & Bow, in partnership with Capitol Christian Music Group.

Alistair Begg

Senior Pastor, Parkside Church

Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. Following graduation from the London School of Theology, he served eight years in Scotland at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church.

In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He has written several books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program Truth For Life. The teaching on Truth For Life stems from the week-by-week Bible teaching at Parkside Church. Alistair has been involved with CURE since 2022.

He and his wife, Susan, were married in 1975 and they have three grown children.

Steve Biondo

Former President, Tim Tebow Foundation

Steve Biondo is the former President of the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF), which helps vulnerable children and families in nearly 90 countries around world by focusing on anti-human trafficking and child exploitation, orphan care and prevention, and serving children with profound medical needs.

TTF is a key partner in providing life-changing surgeries at four of CURE’s children’s hospitals. Before his role at TTF, Steve served as President of The James Fund, an orphan care ministry through Family Christian Stores.

He currently serves on several boards related to anti-human trafficking and orphan care. Steve and his wife, Chris, have three children.

Patrick Cameron

CEO, RPC Ventures

Patrick Cameron is the CEO of RPC Ventures and an international businessman, entrepreneur, and financial advisor. He has built a successful portfolio of operating companies across diverse sectors, including real estate, manufacturing, aviation, and poultry, with a presence in the US and Africa.

Since his first visit to CURE Zambia in 2007, Patrick has been deeply involved in the ministry. Additionally, he’s played a key role in developing and expanding CURE Uganda’s neurosurgical hospital.

Outside of work, Patrick is an adventurer, pilot, and father to seven children. He and his wife, Jenny, enjoy traveling, fishing, supporting the Razorbacks, and spending quality time with close friends around the world.

Peter Kyalo Mwalimu

Executive Director, Hope and Healing International

Peter serves as the Executive Director of Hope and Healing International, where he is dedicated to serving children around the world—a cause he considers love in action.

He spent 25 years in various roles with CURE, including Chief Program Officer and Executive Director at CURE hospitals in Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, a master’s in global healthcare leadership, and a Master of Business Administration. This strong foundation informs his holistic approach to care—addressing the medical, spiritual, emotional, and practical needs of the world’s most vulnerable children.

Peter is married to Jackie Ngigi, and together they have four children—one son and three daughters.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Founder, Joni and Friends

Joni Eareckson Tada is an esteemed Christian stateswoman and respected global leader in disability advocacy.

Although a 1967 diving accident left her a quadriplegic, she emerged from rehabilitation with a determination to help others with similar disabilities. 

Joni serves as CEO of Joni and Friends, a Christian organization that provides programs and services for thousands of families with special needs worldwide. Partnering together, CURE and Joni and Friends have developed a comprehensive training program to equip pastors in countries where CURE serves to better care for children living with treatable disabilities.

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on Disability and reappointed by President George H. W. Bush, Joni played a key advisory role in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She has also served as Senior Associate for Disability Concerns for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. A prolific author, artist, and speaker, Joni has shared her message of hope through books, radio, and media.

Joni and her husband, Ken, were married in 1982 and reside in Calabasas, California.

Chris Tomlin

Christian Singer-Songwriter

Chris Tomlin is an accomplished musician and author. He is the coauthor of the bestselling worship book Holy Roar and children’s title Good Good Father.

Chris is passionate about sharing God’s love in a practical way and used his 2015 Love Ran Red tour to introduce his fans to CURE’s mission, raising more than $700,000 to help kids heal.

Chris is one of only four music artists in any genre ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 billion digital radio streams (joining only Justin Timberlake, Pitbull, and Garth Brooks). He has sold more than 8 million albums and 11.3 million digital tracks, and has had 16 number-one radio singles.

The Grammy winner’s list of music awards includes an American Music Award, three Billboard Music Awards, 21 Dove Awards, a BMI Songwriter of the Year Award, and more. In 2018, Chris launched his own imprint record label, Bowyer & Bow, in partnership with Capitol Christian Music Group.

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