All the members are volunteers; no one is a paid employee and all funds are raised by the team members. It costs approximately $1500 to send a team member on a trip, and all donations are tax deductible.
There are no paid employees and all labor, supplies and funds are donated. The organization coordinates with area hospitals, pharmaceutical representatives and local businesses to collect needed items. All supplies are brought by the team or purchased for use in the host country. MIMA is funded primarily from private individuals...your help is needed.
I became involved with the MIMA program over a decade ago during my fellowship training in thoracic surgery. Janeen Hernan, one of the charter members of the group and a nurse practitioner, approached me with an opportunity to serve the needs of the poor. It was a wonderful opportunity to make full use of my medical skills and provides me with a global perspective on how fortunate we are as Americans. Attending to the needs of sick patients is a higher duty that transcends the borders of nations and their petty politics and helps build bridges of international understanding as we strive to coexist in peace on an ever shrinking planet. “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, so you do unto me.” (Matthew 25:40)
-Francis Podbielski, MD
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