Emissary Trip – February 2014
Uplift Internationale’s emissary group is departing for the Philippines on February 2, 2014. Our group will be scouting our potential hospitals and rotary clubs to partner with on Mission 2015.
Update from Steve Krebs, UI President
I have received communication from both of our 2014 mission site hospitals: Ormoc Sugar Planter’s Association Hospital (OSPAH) in Ormoc and the Leyte Provincial Hospital in Palo.
Update from UI – Post Typhoon
Dear Friends, If you are receiving this email you have some connection with the people of the Philippines through your work with Uplift Internationale.
25th Anniversary Gala Benefit – A Huge Success
Thank you to all of our sponsors, auction donors and gala attendees – our 25th Anniversary Gala Benefit raised over $77,000!! Funds from this year’s gala will help our mission teams provide 100 surgeries during our two week mission planned for February 2013 – February 2-8 in Palo, Tacloban and February 8-15 in Ormoc. Rick Rolph did an incredible job […]
Video on two lives we got to save
We put together a 7 1/2 minute video of actual footage and the story of the mother and baby we had the unexpected chance to save…sometimes good things just happen.
115 Surgeries are completed and we discharge the last patient
Its been an amazing week! Thanks to you we’ve completed a record setting 115 surgeries. Dr. Krebs discharged the last patient today(Saturday). The team now starts to head back or take a needed day off. Siargao Island is an amazing place and thanks to all the people that made this medical mission happen. We’ll be home soon.
The Best Day ever
This morning our team (while in surgery) was notified that in another part of the hospital a woman was in labor and things had gone wrong. Very wrong. Our hosting hospital is small. They only have 2 doctors and several nurses … they needed our help. Emergency C section was needed and Stat! We cleared an OR Table and made […]
Some days are more challenging than others …
Yesterday, three of our OR monitors got burned out due to the constant power fluctuations at the regional hospital. We can’t lose any more or we need to shut down. We’ve scraped together enough voltage and high wattage protectors and we are hoping they hold. As Dr Krebs says, “It’s a mission and things are going to get jacked up.” […]
23 Surgeries today and we’ve only begun
After a record setting number of screenings we’ve begun surgeries! With a record number of people we can’t wait to get started! Thank to all our supporters … you help has brought us here.
Screenings over … Surgeries begin
We’ve set a record! We’ve completed 136 screenings of children in need of cleft lip and palate surgeries. Now we begin the surgeries!
