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Save the Date: September 11, 2010
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Mission Statement
The mission of Refuge International is to develop collaborative and sustainable programs providing healthcare, adequate nutrition, clean water, and education. Mentoring of students interested in humanitarian efforts is also an important part of the Refuge International work.
Refuge International is a compassionate 501(c)3 volunteer organization dedicated to the goal of improving the lives of families and individuals through the collaborative development of sustainable programs in areas where healthcare, adequate nutrition, clean water and education are lacking or non-existent. Refuge International also provides opportunities for mentoring of students who wish to become involved in humanitarian efforts.
Vision Statement
We believe all of humanity is of equal worth and should have their essential needs met without regard to culture, ideology or religion. When people reach out to meet a need, those who choose to help benefit as do those who are in need. Working within these basic tenets, we hope to improve the lives of all.
Guatemala Update
"Adios Lombrices!" project began
March 7, 2007 in Guatemala. A project
spearheaded by Refuge International
volunteers aimed at ridding the
children of worms in Guatemala.
For two pennies a dose, over 600,000 children received the first dose of medication. The overall cost of treating 4.5 million children, six different times is $800,000.00.
The Saul (Asked) Project
As
Refuge volunteers have worked throughout Guatemala, they have found
many children who need extensive orthopedic surgery that cannot be performed
in Guatemala due to lack of expertise.
Refuge International founded the Saul Project to work with the various governmental agencies and the specialists at Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas to bring these children to the US for life-changing surgeries.
Handmade in a Village
Refuge International is currently working in remote areas of Guatemala where many of the people are subsistence farmers or fishermen and have little or no source of income. One of the ways we hope to help the people in these villages is by the purchase of items that the people can make using local materials. Read more...
Education
Project
Guatemala has the highest illiteracy rate in all the Americas. Refuge International is working to improve the opportunity for learning.
How You Can Help
Refuge
International hopes to make a difference through collaborative and sustainable
programs in whatever areas of the world there is a need. Our projects
are focused primarily on basic healthcare, adequate nutrition, clean
water and education.
GoodSearch
Refuge International has joined GoodSearch.com, a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Just click the logo and designate Refuge International of Gilmer, TX as your beneficiary, and then search normally. There's no cost to you!
Sarstun Clinic
Sarstun
is located on the river between Belize and Guatemala. The "neighborhood
road" is the river and the "highway" is the Gulf of Honduras. The nearest
healthcare is two hours away by boat on the Gulf of Honduras. Refuge
International has worked with other organizations to build a clinic
so there is on-going preventative healthcare in Sarstun. This clinic
will serve approximately 15,000 indigenous people in the area which
includes portions of Guatemala and Belize. $10,000 is needed to provide
a doctor in the clinic for a year.