We are dedicated to providing world-class surgical and primary care to underserved communities, as well as empowering volunteers to make a positive impact on global health. We are committed to sustainability, education, and collaboration with our community partners, as demonstrated by the fact that half of our Honduran surgery center staff members were raised on the NPH children’s home where our surgery center is located.
One World Surgery focuses heavily on forming local partnerships and capacity-building, with our surgical and primary care medical missions serving as a catalyst. While our fully-functioning, Honduran staff leads the surgery center that serves patients on a daily basis, volunteers provide additional personnel support, education, and an extension into specialty services. This allows us to assure that patients are offered the continuity of care that is essential to successful outcomes.
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Volunteers and donors are the heartbeat of our organization. You can give your time, talent, and treasures knowing your gifts will transform lives.
Our mission is equally focused on providing access to surgical care and igniting the spirit of service. One World Surgery’s three cornerstone programs include operating global surgery centers, leading medical missions and supporting local medical communities through education and training.
The impact of our work is immediately apparent when our patients leave our facility, not only physically healed; but with smiles on their faces and a renewed sense of hope for the future.
One World Surgery funds and operates the Holy Family Surgery Center, which has three operating rooms, seven overnight recovery bays, a dental clinic and an eye clinic. Dr. Merlin Antúnez, orthopedic surgeon, is the full-time, on-site Medical Director. Providing this continuity of care and operating a standalone facility are unique and rare within the nonprofit surgical care space. After surgery, our patients can return to work, care for their families, and choose their own destiny.
Based on our impact and success in Honduras, we are excited to be expanding to the Dominican Republic. We started hosting primary care medical missions in the fall of 2019 and have begun construction on our second site which will include a surgery center, primary care clinic, and visitor center.
Education is the most powerful tool to change the world. The conference center in Honduras was built to host our education and training programming. Our focus on education, training, and capacity-building assures that we are not only filling a gap in the current medical system but also investing in the future of surgical care for the countries we serve.
During weeklong medical mission trips, physicians, other clinical participants, nonclinical participants, and family members come together to provide life-changing surgeries, primary care, and dental services. One World Surgery organizes surgical and primary care missions to its facility in Honduras, the Holy Family Surgery Center. We also lead primary care field missions in the communities surrounding the site of our future surgery center and primary care clinic in the Dominican Republic.
