12/22/2023
Projects Completed in 2023
Thank you for your generous support this year! Through your gifts and prayers, many people were blessed by the medical and dental work, and other services that were provided. Praise God! Following are some of the projects that were completed this year.
Community Hall in Yelagiri, India: WMI donors contributed $3,000 to Mt. Olives Healthcare Center in the hill station of Yelagiri, India. It will help in the construction of a community hall for outreach activities.
Dental Clinic in Papua New Guinea: A clinic located far from the area where any dental care is available was urgently needed. WMI provided $2,500 to support this project.
Dental Mission Trips & Clinics, Kenya: WMI donors provided support for Dr. Mike Boyko and his team in their travel to the rural communities in Kenya to conduct dental clinics and provide other services.
2023 SEVA* India trip to Shimla Sanitarium, India: In August, 2023, twenty students and staff representing the “Students for International Mission Service” (SIMS) from Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) and 20 nursing students and healthcare providers from Penang Adventist Hospital (PAH), Malaysia partnered to serve at the Shimla Sanitarium. They provided free health screening to over 1,000 visitors in the public square, to the Police Officers of the State of Himachal Pradesh, and at the Rajiv Gandhi Community College in Shimla. The service was greatly appreciated. WMI made an initial contribution of $20,000 to ADRA India to coordinate the campaign. The students from LLUH and PAH contributed towards the trip, while SIMS-LLUH were the sponsors for 2023 SEVA India. (*Students in Educational and Volunteer Activities.).
Pan-African Dental Conference in early 2024: WMI contributed $10,000 to support this conference that will be conducted in Africa by the Health Ministries Department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Montemorelos University Dental Outreach, Mexico: The University of Montemorelos School of Dentistry sends its dentists and dental students to rural Mexican towns to provide much-needed service to thousands of patients who cannot afford dental care. WMI assisted with $5,000 to purchase dental equipment for this purpose.