Skip to content

What We Do

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.

  • Our Hospitals
  • Ministry Outreach
  • Before Surgery
  • Types of Surgery
  • After Surgery
  • Medical Training

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.

Learn More
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.

Learn More
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.

Learn More
Conditions We Treat

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

Learn More
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.

Learn More

 

Training Medical Workers

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

Learn More

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.

  • Overview
  • Latest from CURE
  • Meet the Team
  • Financial Accountability
  • 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.

Get the Latest

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

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

Learn More

 

Annual Report

Read the latest fiscal year report showing how CURE stewards generosity.

Learn More

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.

Learn More

Our Ministry Team

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

Learn More
Measuring Impact

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

Learn More

Take Action

Give, serve, and help kids heal with CURE.

  • Make a Donation
  • Support a Campaign
  • Join the Team
  • Radio Partnerships

Sponsor a Surgery

Provide life-changing surgical and ministry care.

Learn More

 

Make a Donation

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.

Give Today

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.

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.

WHAT WE DO

Types of Surgery

We provide life-changing surgical care to children suffering from treatable disabilities like clubfoot, cleft lip/palate, knock knees, bowed legs, and hydrocephalus.

Our Impact

Behind every number is the story of a child’s life changed, and a family and community transformed.

16,000

surgeries this year

330,000+

total surgical procedures

5+ million

patient visits

Conditions We Treat

Orthopedic Surgery

 

Bowed Legs ➜

Legs that bend outwards at the knees

 

 

Clubfoot ➜

Condition where the foot is twisted inwards

 

 

Genu Valgum (Knock Knees) ➜

Legs that curve inward at the knees

 

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones) ➜

Soft or weak bones that bend and break frequently

 

Untreated Trauma (Neglected Fractures) ➜

Untreated broken bones that heal improperly and cause mobility problems

 

Windswept Legs ➜

The combination of bowed legs and knock knees; one leg bows inward and the other outward

 

Plastic Surgery

Burn Contractures ➜

Lack of joint movement or mobility due to a severe, often untreated burn

 

Cleft Lip ➜

Separation in the lip

 

Cleft Palate ➜

Separation in the roof of the mouth

 

Neurological Surgery

Encephalocele ➜

A sac of brain tissue and spinal fluid protruding from the head

 

Epilepsy ➜

A neurological condition affecting the brain and causing repeated seizures

 

Hydrocephalus ➜

Excess cerebrospinal fluid causing pressure in the skull

 

Spina Bifida ➜

Condition where the spine fails to close over the spinal cord

 

Latest Research Published

Pollicization of index fingers for bilateral hypoplastic thumbs of twin babies: Case series at CURE Children’s Hospital of Ethiopia
Abstract: Thumb hypoplasia is a congenital birth defect in which a child is born with an underdeveloped or missing thumb. It is a rare...
Are generative pretrained transformer 4 responses to developmental dysplasia of the hip clinical scenarios universal? An nternational review
Abstract: There is increasing interest in applying artificial intelligence chatbots like generative pretrained transformer...
Pattern and clinical profile of patients with cleft lip and palate at pediatrics surgical hospital in Ethiopia
Treating older children with clubfoot: results of a cross-sectional survey of expert practitioners
Post infective bone gap management of the lower extremity
Abstract: The development of a bone gap as a sequela of chronic osteomyelitis (COM)...