ZIMBABWE MEDICAL PROJECT

Medical Care:
Preventable blindness and access to vision restoring surgery:
Pairing teaching surgeons of excellence with surgeons in training whilst promoting exchange of skills and providing care to indigent patients

Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency:
Partnering to provide supplemental vitamins and food to children under the age of 12 years in rural areas of
Zimbabwe during food emergencies

Early access to providers trained in trauma care : Establishment and expansion of the first Central African Advanced Trauma Training
Program and Trauma library. Zimbabwe now boasts an internationally qualified ATLS Instructor team of Zimbabweas nurses and
doctors trained in Advanced Care of the Trauma patient

Medical Education: Partnering with organizations of excellence in the US, South Africa and Zimbabwe to help train Zimbabwe nurses
and physicians to the highest levels of internationally recognized care. We specifically focus on building teams of excellence that
will continue to grow and expand medical training programs.

Partnering with leading medical teaching centers from the United States and South Africa to provide the best in medical education to
Zimbabwean health care givers. Our programs emphasize training of Zimbawean nurses and physicians to the level of
internationally trained instructors.

Rural communities struggling to provide clean water and food for their families: Partnering to expand clean water access and
agricultural capacity via dams and irrigation to rural Zimbabweans

Identifying and building partnerships between clinicians and educators of excellence from Zimbabwe, US and South Africa,


Using established personal and professional partnerships to fuel healthcare expansion in Zimbabwe and Central Africa


Partnering with gifted, motivated Zimbabwean clinicians and educators and community leaders to identify sustainable, scaleable projects
with the greatest long term impact on families and communities.

Using post project analysis to guide future successful project planning and execution

Using our growing network of of talent and experience to identify partnerships and projects that will provide the absolute highest return on invested effort, measured in sustainable increases in quality of life for individuals and families

Our Board comprises 6 individuals with a mutual love and respect for Zimbabwe and its people

They represent the best in the fields of medicine, education and philanthropy. Their diverse set of talents and backgrounds (three Directors from Zimbabwe and three Directors from the US) have enabled us to overcome the multiple challenges that arise whilst completing our projects in developing nations.

Our field partners are of extraordinary quality and drive. We are proud to include, in our network, partnerships with both Zimbabwean and international organizations specializing in medicine and education. Each successful project has enabled us to build and extend those networks and allow us to work with the very highest quality personnel to manage and complete our projects

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Education of rural midwives providing care to rural maternity centers

Establishment of the Zimbabwe ATLS Trauma Education Program for physicians and nurses and inauguration of the Nurses Training School in Bulawayo

Training to date of more than 170 internationally certified Trauma Nurses

Establishment of a National Trauma Library with online access to WHO HINARI medical literature (see website for details) and online cataloging

Training of trainee Zimbabwean eye surgeons in surgical techniques of Small Incision Eye surgery

Partnering in teaching of Pathology, Radiology and Pharmacology between NUST Medical School and universities in South Africa and the US

Surgical treatment and cure of preventable blindness in rural villagers in partnership with the surgeons of the Himalayan Eye Project

Vitamin A supplementation to 410000 children annually between the ages of 6 and 59 months in rural Zimbabwe

Rebuilding and enhancement of capacity of a breached dam and establishment of an irrigation scheme and clean water for a rural village community in Zimbabwe