Passion To Heal Impact Report 2018

Passion To Heal Impact Report 2018

Program impacts and overview 2018

Building lasting legacies around the world

Passion to Heal SM is a life-changing program that sends American dermatologists and ophthalmologists to Kenya, India and Ecuador to provide vital, high calibre dermatological care to communities that would otherwise be unable to access these services. The impact of the program is profoundly significant in many ways. Through 32 medical volunteer trips since 2012, the program has served more than 30,930 patients through screening and treatment, and screened more than 18,275 local students, while providing critical knowledge transfer through ongoing capacity building and continuing education of local medical professionals. Passion to Heal SM delivers a meaningful and engaging program to members of the medical community, and leaves a lasting legacy in the United States and around the world through connection, capacity-building and healing. Roxanne Joyal, CEO, ME to WE

Table of contents

Passion to Heal SM has renewed my passion for practicing medicine in the first place— helping others in need.

1 — A partnership that works 3 — Program objectives 5 — 2018 program delivery 7 — Program impacts to date 9 — Program amplification 13 — Testimonials

Passion to Heal SM program participant

A partnership that works

Passion to Heal SM provides dermatologists, ophthalmologists and associated practitioners with the unique opportunity to travel to Kenya, India or Ecuador to help transform the lives of thousands of people in WE Villages communities. Partners fund the Passion to Heal SM program, including travel costs for American dermatologists and ophthalmologists to provide health services in developing communities overseas.

Charity partner

Implementation partner

WE Villages communities benefit directly from Passion to Heal SM programming— through trips and general health care development funding.

Passion to Heal SM programming is implemented through ME to WE Trips— immersive volunteer experiences where medical professionals are guided with care from start to finish.

WE Charity empowers change with resources that create sustainable impact. Our WE Villages program is active in nine developing countries, creating a sustainable model of international development. WE Villages has already provided high-quality education to over 200,000 children while simultaneously helping families break the cycle of poverty.

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Passion To Heal SM 2018 program objectives

Before Passion to Heal SM , doctors and medical staff at

Baraka Hospital were under real pressure to educate, diagnose and treat skin diseases and conditions. These trips bring American health professionals to work with us to provide much-needed care and expertise to marginalized communities in rural Kenya and India. This is why, trip after trip, we have local community members traveling hundreds of miles, lining up to seek the services offered by our volunteer dermatology professionals.

Screening, diagnosis and treatment of local communities

Health care capacity building of local physicians

American physician engagement

Support medical infrastructure in developing communities overseas

Michelle Hambly Kenya Health Director, WE Charity

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Passion To Heal SM Program delivery

Passion to Heal SM medical volunteer trips amplify the value of our donors' generous support through integral, hands-on services provided directly to community members. Medical services are delivered and administered via five avenues:

At local hospitals and health clinics for adults and children

At WE Villages schools

At community health fairs

Capacity building and medical outreach

Mobile clinic in India

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Passion To Heal SM Program impacts to date

Passion to Heal SM programming has inspired hundreds of dermatologists and ophthalmologists and has provided medical services to thousands of patients around the world. Impacts since 2012 include:

30,930+

18,275+

395+

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Patients served through screening and treatment

Practitioners have volunteered their time in Kenya, India & Ecuador

Local students screened over the course of the program

Passion to Heal SM medical volunteer trips from 2012-2018

1 Trip to Ecuador

24 Trips to Kenya 7 Trips to India

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Passion To Heal SM Program amplification

Passion to Heal SM has become a known and respected program within the American dermatology community. We will continue building awareness and brand recognition of the dermatology and ophthalmology programs through:

Advertising in dermatology journals

Exhibiting at dermatology & ophthalmology conferences

Re-engagement of past Passion to Heal travelers to solicit referrals

Email blasts to Passion to Heal SM alumni

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Passion To Heal SM Program amplification In order to expand awareness of the Passion to Heal SM program and drive recruitment, we promoted and amplified the program at conferences, in several publications and through our social media platforms, as outlined below:

Conferences • Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference • AAD Dermatology Conference • SECO • AOCD Spring Meeting • American Optometric Association • SDPA Annual Summer Dermatology Conference Publications • The Dermatologist • SKIN, The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine • Optometry Times • Ophthalmology Times • Optometric Management

Social media • LinkedIn: • Facebook: • Instagram:

Posts and articles

Passion to Heal page and group

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• Email:

Referral email sent to Passion to Heal SM alumni and key ambassadors of the program to solicit referrals from their networks

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Testimonials

I was truly humbled by the patient experience and am really thankful for everything the local community did to help me treat the patients there.

I felt such a strong sense of purpose while seeing patients at the clinic, where I was reminded of why I went into medicine in the first place. It is an incredible program, linking medical providers, patients and people across different countries and cultures.

This was such a unique and amazing experience! It was life-changing for me and I have already told all my colleagues about taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It was such an amazing experience. I felt such a strong sense of purpose while seeing patients at the clinic, where I was reminded of why I went into medicine in the first place. The true need for medical care at Baraka clinic compared to what we typically deal with in the US was so striking. I really felt like I was doing something. It is an incredible program, linking medical providers, patients and people across different countries and cultures.

Passion to Heal SM program participant

Passion to Heal SM program participant

Passion to Heal SM program participant

Passion to Heal SM program participant

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