InternationalHumanitarian Outreach

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The Foundation has an almost 15-year history of providing travel stipends to students, residents, and physicians who voluntarily provide medical services to patients in rural and underserved areas across the globe (45 countries so far!)

However, during the pandemic, when international travel was severely curtailed, our board strategically shifted our funding to support international programs already in place and led by Osteopathic physicians, that provided critical services to the communities they served

Through these grants, organizations provided medical relief and services, set up health facilities, and educated healthcare workers so they can provide care to those in need.

Spotlight: New Frontiers Health Force

Celebrating its 25th year in 2022, the New Frontiers Health Force has grown from shortterm relief work to undertaking long-term projects, such as building the Ngoswani Community Health Center in Ngoswani, Kenya

Led by Tonya Hawthorne, DO, and staffed by Kenyan-trained medical professionals, the Center has grown from a small clinic into a non-surgical hospital serving more than 25 villages spread over hundreds of kilometers

The grant is being used to purchase equipment to expand the Center's medical capabilities, decreasing the need to send patients to a hospital more than four hours away.