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2016earthquake responseHaitiHHI responded to the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Staying beyond the earthquake response, HHI hired, trained and helped create Haitian leadership to make a long-lasting change in Haiti, including establishing medical clinics and community resilience programs. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, and HHI Haitian trained medical teams responded, and when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a team of Haitian doctors and nurses deployed and responded, providing the same help they had once received.
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2019hurricane dorian responseBahamasAfter Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas in 2019, HHI responded with medical teams and medical and humanitarian supplies. Teams established clinics in the hardest hit communities, providing health care to people in need for six months after the storm devastated the island.
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2012hurricane responseHondurasHHI responded to hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020 as well as bringing medicines and medical supplies on a relief mission in 2012. HHI continues to send medical supplies to partners throughout the country.
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2018COVID-19 responsePapua New GuineaIn 2018, HHI led a Midwifery training program utilizing the expertise of volunteers to train midwifes wrking in remote areas of the country. A disaster response team deployed to the country in 2021 at the request of the World Health Organization to help provide training, medical care and supplies to combat the country's COVID-19 surge.
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2015medical responseNepalAfter the devastating earthquake in 2015, HHI responded with medical teams who trekked into the mountains, carrying medicines and supplies on their backs. HHI sent 29 tons of humanitarian aid to partners throughout the country in the aftermath of the quake.
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Ebola crisisLiberiaHHI responded to the Ebola crisis in Liberia by establishing and running an Ebola Treatment Unit. In addition, HHI trained administrators and teachers in the local school district in safe hygiene practices.
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Syrian RefugeesSyriaHHI sent humanitarian aid, including medicines, medical supplies, tents, soccer balls and hygiene kits to Syrian refugees in Turkey, Greece, Serbia and Lebanon.
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RussiaHeart to Heart International (HHI) began with an airlift to help people in Russia. At the time, it was the largest private humanitarian airlift ever. Aid from the Heart to Heart Airlift was distributed to hospitals and orphanages - a gift from the heart of America to the heart of Russia.
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1996IndiaHHI delivered $12 million in aid to Calcutta, India, in 1996. This airlift, designed to help Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, delivered medical aid and supplies to the assembly of God Mission Hospital, Sri Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, Cancer Centre and Welfare Home, and four large teaching hospitals in Calcutta, among others. In 2021, PPE and supplies were sent to multiple partners throughout India to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ChinaThe Goodwill Medical Airlift to the People’s Republic of China landed with 36 tons of medicines and supplies. The aid was distributed throughout the Sichuan Province in southwest China. Many people in this area were surviving on less than $60 (U.S. equivalent) per year. They faced food shortages and lack of basic supplies, including medicines.
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VietnamHHI delivered a message of hope and peace to the Vietnamese people through a project to distribute aid in Vietnam in 1995. This project launched our partnership with FedEx, whose MD-11 was the first American plane to land in Hanoi since the end of the Southeast Asian conflict.
our impact
Our Mission
Heart to Heart International seeks to improve healthcare access in the U.S. and around the world by ensuring quality care is provided equitably in medically under-resourced communities and in disaster situations.
what we do
Our Stories
personal impact
Abdul Raman
Abdul Raman lived in a refugee camp in Syria after bombings destroyed his home. The bombing also took his lower legs and killed his mother and brother. Abdul had to adjust to this new life without his family and without the ability to walk. Heart to Heart International was able to ease Abdul’s journey with a simple, life-changing device: a wheelchair. Abdul received one of the wheelchairs from a shipment of humanitarian aid delivered to Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Relief to Orient for Human Relief.
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Dr. Stone
On the last day treating patients in Honduras during the 2020 response to Hurricane Eta/Iota, HHI’s volunteer OB/GYN Dr. Stone diagnosed a woman with severe preeclampsia. The patient was transferred immediately to the hospital, more than an hour and a half away, to have her baby that same day. Without the diagnosis, this could have been life-threatening for both the mother and baby.
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Peter
Peter, 53 and a father of two, cut his leg while cleaning up from Hurricane Michael in Florida in 2018. The wound became infected and caused him enormous pain. The Heart to Heart International medical team was set up with the Mobile Medical Unit and had the supplies and expertise to clean and treat his wound and provide medicines for the infection. Peter’s wife, Jelliot, was thankful to have found the HHI medical team. “It was impossible to find a doctor—we are so grateful for Heart to Heart,” Jelliot said.
Who We Serve
Whether it be distributions of humanitarian aid or deploying a team of medical volunteers, Heart to Heart International understands that our impact is measured in lives changed.
Working with partners in Kansas City, throughout the United States, and around the world, our work focuses on changing lives by providing life-saving health services and aid.Heart to Heart International improves access to healthcare by strengthening healthcare services and systems, serving those affected by humanitarian crisis, and working to reduce barriers and inequities in health around the world.
HHI does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religion, political opinion or class. We prioritize who we serve based on need and urgency, working with communities to determine and meet the needs of the most vulnerable around the world.
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