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Sustainable Healthcare for the Underserved
Please click here to email us and request a copy of our 2006 Full Annual Report. You can also download it here, however please be advised that it is a very large file.
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| CFHI at a Glance : |
| Founded : 1992 |
Full-time employees : 8
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Global Partners : 250+
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| Number of Student Volunteers since 1992 : 3,500+ |
| Universities of Origin for Student Volunteers : 590 |
| Partner Clinics/Hospitals Supported : 75 |
| Budget : $3.4 million, 6.4% overhead |
| Patients Served Directly in 2004 : 4,456 |
| Medical Supplies Recovered since 1995 : $5.8 million. |
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| CFHI Income & Expenses: (Based on Independent Financial Audit for FY 2006) |
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| COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN RURAL INDIA & ECUADOR |
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Through a CFHI-sponsored clinic in the Himalayan region of India, over 4,450 patients were treated for everything from typhoid fever to tonsillitis. More than 100 households participated in workshops on health education in one village alone. CFHI received support through Oprah's Angels in America community for our 2005 community health promoter trainings for nine villages in this area. In addition, CFHI has recently joined a community health project in Puyo, another indigenous, rural region of Ecuador. Like the Shuar project that CFHI sponsored from 1995 - 2002, the Puyo project emphasizes children’s health issues and community involvement.
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| MEDICAL & PRE-MED STUDENT PROGRAMS |
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Since 1992, Child Family Health International has run international health, service-learning electives for over 3,500 pre-medical, medical and other students of the health profession. Students travel to Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Nicaragua and South Africa to immerse themselves in new cultural contexts and to learn about the way healthcare is practiced and experienced worldwide. CFHI sent over 600 students abroad in 2005 and 732 students to participate in 2006. Students come from nearly 600 of the top universities in the U.S. and the world. New sites in India and South Africa are planned for 2007 and beyond.
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| FOSTERING DIVERSITY |
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To promote diversity among medical professionals, CFHI now offers scholarships for students traditionally underrepresented in CFHI programs. Even though Stephanie Maya Lopez, one of the first scholarship recipients, experienced financial hurdles during her time in medical school, she still devoted her spare time to provide primary care to local, deprived areas. Until she received a scholarship from CFHI, she had never had the financial ability to participate in international service work. Now she plans to pursue a medical career that will enable her to work in underserved areas both locally and internationally. To make the scholarship program a success for students like Stephanie Maya Lopez, CFHI needs your financial support.
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| To make the scholarship program a success for students like Stephanie Maya Lopez, CFHI needs your financial support. |
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| RECOVER: REDUCING SCARCITY |
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More than $1.15 million worth of medical supplies were secured, shipped and distributed to our partners overseas in 2005. Medical relief supplies were also sent to South Asian Tsunami victims, thanks to a joint effort between International Medical Corps, CFHI and many other generous supporters. In addition, modest shipments of medical supplies were sent to victims of Hurricane Katrina on the US Gulf Coast; to communities affected by floods in Mumbai, and to victims of the earthquake in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan.
Donations of cash and medical supplies have been crucial to all of these efforts. We especially thank Volunteers for Inter-American Development Assistance (VIDA) for their continued help. We sent approximately $1.5 million in medical supply donations to our partners abroad in 2006, nearly a 25% increase from the year before.
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| Every $1 donated can provide $10 worth of medical supplies to those who have no access to even basic supplies like sterile gloves and needles. |
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Since the Recover program started in 1995, CFHI has sent $5.8 million in medical resources to impoverished areas throughout the world to address emergency and day-to-day needs of our partners. In the first part of 2005, for example, CFHI sent basic medical supplies, such as latex gloves, needles and gauze, to Indonesia to help alleviate the severe health problems that have resulted from the South Asian Tsunami at the end of 2004.
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To continue the success of the Recover program, CFHI needs your financial support. CFHI’s goal is to transport $2 million (in 2007) worth of donated medical supplies to areas of the world that are in dire need.
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| THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT! |
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CFHI thanks all of our generous volunteers and donors for their donations of time, medical supplies, office equipment and money. Your efforts on behalf of CFHI help us to better serve underserved communities worldwide.
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