Angel Sightings
These articles have been published first on other sites. We are proud to reprint these stories of "angels in medicine."
Rape victims receive support in Congo's war-torn North Kivu
When Marie (not her real name) was working in a field outside her home village in Congo's eastern North Kivu province, a man with an automatic rifle suddenly approached. Paralyzed with fear, the 20-year-old woman was dragged to the ground and brutally raped. After the attack, the man disappeared into the surrounding bush while Marie managed to get dressed and stagger home. more
Donkeys in the Courtyard
from the GAIA Vaccine Foundation blog
We were talking about what Brown University students found when they came to work in the clinic in Sikoro, this summer. Besides the women who were too poor to pay the five dollars to deliver their babies in the clinic, besides the children taking care of children, and besides the lack of clean water and food. . . and they made songs that they sang and the students captured those songs on film. They sang about the children begging on the sidewalks, about the poverty bringing HIV to Sikoroni. more
The Global Action Foundation:
Dan Kelly and Dr. Mohamed Barrie
Born and raised in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, fourth year medical student Dan Kelly of Albert Einstein College of Medicine went to Sierra Leone, West Africa with the support of Albert Einstein Global Health Fellowship during his 3rd year of medical school. The problems he encountered in Sierra Leone were in need of solutions greater than immediate medical care. Dan chose not to wait to finish med school to start building that solution. more
Recent Sightings
Annapolis doctors help Romanian teen walk again *** more
Physician travels to treat bomb injuries in Yemen *** Durham Doctor Brings Expertise, Medicines to Guyana *** more
Humanitarian Workers Perform Operations in the Sudan *** Doctors Without Borders work in Ethiopia *** Foreign Relief Workers Arrive in Burmese Delta *** more
Humanitarian aid provided to more than 1,600 Salvadorans *** Doctors to provide online consultations in war areas *** Doctor's mission: prevent disease after China quake *** more
California Nurse Opens Doors For Nurses Around the World *** New Missions System International Organizes Cyclone Relief Efforts *** more
Julius Monday's Good Fight *** The Saintly Doctor and Krishna's Curse *** Operation Smile Provides Free Surgery in Hinche, Haiti *** Africa Partnership Station delivers gift of hope to Ghana *** more
Project Niños provides basic health care to children living in Bolivian prisons with their incarcerated parents *** Operation Smile co-founders named Norfolk's First Citizens *** more
Nurse to Travel to Brazil *** Doctors are on a mission to bring healthcare to the underprivileged *** Dow Chemical and International Aid Announce Partnership to Address Global Safe Water Crisis *** Makerere gets Shs1.4b for immunisation campaign *** more
Crisis in Kenya Reveals Doctor's Kind Side *** Plastic surgeon rebuilds lives as he travels worldwide correcting facial deformities *** Spain’s leading corporate foundation gives €4 million for child immunisation *** more
Two receive humanitarian awards from medical society *** Nepal's poor the focus for local medical student *** Doctors meet urgent needs in Iran *** more
Angel Videos
"Love is a rain of diamonds in the mind. . ."
from Love is a Rain of Diamonds, by May Swenson
set to music by Vermont composer Gwyneth Walker as part of her Songs for Women's Voices