Program areas at Leap Global Missions
Mission program: Leap conducts approximately four to six mission trips each year through the mission program. Leap's volunteers include physicians, nurses, and other medical support staff and non-medical volunteers who dedicate their time and expertise. The people served by Leap live in regions with limited medical resources and socio-economic challenges. The current outreach includes recurring mission trips and support to belize, india, zimbabwe, mexico and ukraine. In 2023, Leap performed approximately 400 specialized surgeries and procedures and 91 dental procedures in belize, mexico, ukraine and zimbabwe.
Cheryl lamon memorial program: in 2019, through the generosity of a donor, Leap created the cheryl lamon memorial program. This program has two initiatives. Firstly, this program provides financial support to casa josefina, an orphanage in cusco, peru, and its related medical clinic, la fuente centro de salud integral. In addition, this program brings patients from other countries to the united states for complex surgical care and ither health-related issues which cannot be treated in their home country. In 2023, funding from this program helped a patient from ukraine receive much-needed surgical care. Leap also provided financial support to casa josefina.
Mary lamon memorial fund: through partnership with medical city children's hospital in dallas, the mary lamon memorial fund makes it possible for children with the most complex craniofacial surgical needs to travel to thr united states to receive medical and surgical care. Many of the children served by Leap have such severe cranioficial conditions that they have been abandoned as infants or sent to palliative care facilities. Leap covers the travel and surgical costs of the patients and also coordinates host families who will offer these children a loving and safe environment while they heal. Through thos program, Leap has performed reconstructive surgery on approximately 50 patients from 15 countries. In 2023, funding from this program helped children from nicaragua and cuba receive much-needed surgical care. Through this program, Leap sent and aslo pledged future funding for the construction of a pediatric ward at our partner hospital in belize.
Mary's gift: mary's gift is a new program in partnership with the ministry of health of belize, northern regional hospital, and the rotary club of orange walk that offers comprehensive care to children with cleft lip and/or palate living in belize. Support to children and families in belize includes: feeding instructions for newborns, preparation for surgery, surgical intervention, education about speech and hearing development, and dental care. This program also involves training seminars for medical professionals.