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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.

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.

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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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.

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1. Your Acceptance

WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OPERATED BY CURE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (“CURE”).

BY USING OR VISITING THIS WEBSITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO (1) THE TERMS OF USE EXPRESSED ON THIS WEBPAGE; (2) OUR PRIVACY POLICY FOUND AT cure.org/privacy-policy; (3) ALL OTHER TERMS REFERENCED HEREIN.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

If you are using the Site on behalf of any entity, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms of Use on such entity’s behalf, and that such entity agrees to indemnify CURE for violations of these Terms.

CURE may, at its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Use and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications. Any modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site, and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such modifications. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes or modifications will confirm your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Therefore, you should periodically review the Terms of Use and applicable policies from time-to-time to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site.

If you have a question regarding the use of the Site, please direct questions or comments about the Site or its contents to [email protected].

2. Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy for information on how CURE collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its users.

3. General Use of the Site — Permissions and Restrictions

  1. The Site and all content and materials on the Site, including the CURE logo, and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Site Materials”) are owned by or licensed to CURE and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights under the law.
  2. CURE hereby grants you permission to access and use the Site Materials and electronically copy, and print to hard copy portions of the Site Materials for your non-exclusive, informational, non-commercial and personal use only.
  3. Such permission granted is subject to these Site Terms and does not include: (a) any resale or commercial use of the Site or the Site Materials therein; (b) the distribution, public performance or public display of any Site Materials; (c) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Site or any Site Materials, or any portion thereof; (d) use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (e) downloading (other than the page caching) of any portion of the Site, the Site Materials or any information contained therein, except as expressly permitted on the Site; or (f) any use of the Site or the Site Materials other than for its intended purpose.
  4. If you would like to publish information that you find on our Website, please send your request to [email protected]. Where text or images are posted on our Site with the permission of the original copyright holder, a copyright statement appears on the page.  Information about using our logo and images is available on our Press & Media page.
  5. Any use of the Site or the Site Materials other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of CURE, is strictly prohibited and will automatically terminate the permission granted herein.  Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, data privacy regulations, and communications regulations and statutes.

4. No Commercial Activity; Third-Party Products and Services

This Site is offered solely for furthering the nonprofit ministry purposes of CURE International. No advertisements or promotions of a commercial nature for products or services are permitted on the Site and you agree not to post such content.

5. DMCA Compliance

CURE International, Inc. complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on any portion of this website or on any other website owned by CURE, please contact the following agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement:

Peter Osborn, Chief Administrative Officer
CURE International
70 Ionia Ave SW, Suite 200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
[email protected]

6. Repeat Infringer Policy

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable law, CURE will terminate, in appropriate circumstances and at CURE’s sole discretion, subscribers or account holders who are deemed to be repeat infringers. CURE may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Site and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

7. Trademarks

“CURE International,” along with other CURE logos and any other CURE service name or slogan contained in the Site are trademarks of CURE, and/or its affiliates, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of CURE. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing the marks or any other name, trademark or product or service name of CURE without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of CURE and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.

8. Content Provided by CURE International

Site Materials, including all photos, videos, stories and other content provided by CURE International are owned by CURE or its licensors and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.  Except as otherwise stated within the Website, you may not reproduce or use them without written permission from CURE.

9. Your Content and Conduct

The Site includes interactive areas and services (“Interactive Areas”), in which you or other users create, post or store content, messages, materials, data, music, photos, video, graphics, or other items or materials on the Site (“User Content”). You are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. You agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:

  1. User Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
  2. User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law, including, without limitation, the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any rules of a securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ;
  3. User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party. By posting any User Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such User Content;
  4. User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
  5. Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations;
  6. Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, payment card numbers, medical or health information, and information about religious, political or sexual identity;
  7. Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and
  8. User Content that, in the sole judgment of CURE, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or the Site, or which may expose CURE or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

You further agree that you are solely responsible for your conduct while on the Site and the Service, and you agree that you will not do any of the following in connection with the Site, the Service or its users:

Use the Site or the Service in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Site or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Site in any manner;

Impersonate or post on behalf or any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

Stalk, intimidate, threaten, or otherwise harass or cause discomfort to other users;

Send any commercial messages – solicited or unsolicited;

Use the Site or the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose or engage in, encourage, or promote any illegal activity, or any activity that violates these Terms of Use; or

Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any filtering, security measures or other features

CURE takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, or for any user conduct, nor is CURE liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. Your use of Interactive Areas is at your own risk.

Enforcement of the user content or conduct rules in these Site Terms is solely at CURE’s discretion, and failure to enforce such rules in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce the rules in other instances. In addition, these rules do not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Site will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

10. User Provided Content — License

If you post User Content to the Site, you grant CURE and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content throughout the world in any media including without limitation the right to use your name, likeness, voice or identity. You grant CURE and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if we choose. You understand and agree that the use of your or other users name, likeness, voice or identity in connection with various features on the Site does not imply any endorsement of the Site or of CURE unless explicitly stated otherwise. You agree that CURE has no obligation to use any User Content.

11. User Content — Representations and Warranties

You may only submit User Content to the Site or in connection with the Services that you have the right to submit. This means that you can only submit User Content that you yourself create, that is in the public domain or that you have been expressly granted rights consistent with these Site Terms. User Content that infringes the rights of any third party (for example, User Content used without express permission of the copyright owner and not otherwise permitted by law) must not be submitted.

You represent, warrant and agree that no User Content of any kind submitted, posted or otherwise shared by you on or through any of the Websites or Services, violates or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights, or contains libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material. Further, you represent, warrant and agree not to submit any personally identifiable information, including any User Content containing personally identifiable information, about any person who is under 13 years of age.

12. CURE International Right to Edit or Remove Content

Although CURE has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted in any Interactive Area, CURE reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on the Site at any time and for any reason without notice, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site at your cost and expense. Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Site Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or the Site.

You may request the removal of your User Content from the Website or Services at any time, and CURE will take reasonable steps to promptly remove such User Content; provided, however, that CURE can remove any such User Content only from its Websites and cannot remove Content from email archives, wiki history pages and similar community forums where you may post content, or others’ computers, such as User Content you may have sent to others in an email posted to a CURE email list. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license you granted when submitting such User Content will remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

13. Hyperlinks

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a text hyperlink to the Site for noncommercial purposes, provided such link does not portray CURE or any of its products and services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner and provided further that the linking site does not contain any adult or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. This limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use a CURE logo or other proprietary graphic of CURE to link to this Site without the express written permission of CURE. Further, you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any CURE trademark, logo or other proprietary information, including the images found at the Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page on the Site without CURE’s express written consent. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright or proprietary right of CURE or any third party.

CURE makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of third-party Web sites accessible by hyperlink from the Site, or Web sites linking to the Site. CURE provides these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, endorsement or adoption by CURE of any site or any information contained therein. When you leave the Site, you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from the Site.

14. Third-Party Content

CURE may provide third party content on the Site and may provide links to Web pages and content of third parties (collectively the “Third Party Content”) as a service to those interested in this information. CURE does not control, endorse or adopt any Third Party Content and makes no representation or warranties of any kind regarding the Third Party Content, including without limitation regarding its accuracy or completeness. You acknowledge and agree that CURE is not responsible or liable in any manner for any Third Party Content and undertakes no responsibility to update or review any Third Party Content. Users use such Third Party Content contained therein at their own risk.

15. Submission of Suggestions and Ideas to CURE International by Users

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the site or the service (“Submissions”), provided by you to CURE are non-confidential and shall become the sole property of CURE. CURE shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these submissions for any purpose, without acknowledgement or compensation to you. You agree that CURE has no obligation to use any Submissions.

16. Registration Data; Account Security

In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site (“Registration Data”); (b) maintain the security of your password and identification and accept sole responsibility for all use of your password and identification; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to CURE, to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to CURE.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CURE, its independent contractors, service providers and consultants, and their respective directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to any User Content you post, store or otherwise transmit on or through the Site or your use of  the Interactive Areas, including without limitation any actual or threatened suit, demand or claim made against CURE and/or its independent contractors, service providers, employees, directors or consultants, arising out of or relating to the User Content, your conduct, your violation of these Site Terms or your violation of the rights of any third party.

18. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN A WRITING BY CURE, THE SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (THE “SERVICES”) ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. CURE DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE SITE AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN. CURE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THE SITE OR THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE.  CURE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

CURE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO TEXT OR PHOTOGRAPHY. CURE CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD.

CURE reserves the right to change any and all content contained in the Site and to modify, suspend or discontinue the Site or any Services offered through the Site or any features or functionality of the Site or the Services at any time without notice and without obligation or liability to you.  Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by CURE.

19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL CURE, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CURE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO CURE’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF CURE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR TO THESE SITE TERMS EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO CURE FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.

20. General Terms

Applicable Law and Venue. These Site Terms and your use of the Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, applicable to agreements made and entirely performed within the State of Georgia, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Site Terms shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in Fulton County, Georgia, and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of these Site Terms.

Termination. Notwithstanding any of these Site Terms, CURE reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Site, and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Site.

Severability. If any provision of these Site Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Site Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

21. Questions and Contact Information

Questions or comments about the Site may be directed to CURE at the email address [email protected] or by calling us at (616) 512-3105.

These Terms of Use are effective as of December 1, 2018.