Another Successful Surgical Outreach
In October, Dr. Peter Coleman and his surgical team from Monrovia visited Waterfield Medical Center to conduct the second surgical outreach in our newly established Waterfield Surgical Suites. This event marked an important step in expanding our surgical capabilities and providing essential healthcare services to the community.  During this outreach, the surgical team successfully performed surgeries on 49 patients ranging in age from 1 to 73 years old. The procedures addressed a variety of medical needs, with hernia repair being the most common surgery performed. The team’s expertise and dedication ensured that each patient received attentive and high-quality care throughout their treatment and recovery.  We are deeply grateful for the commitment and skill of Dr. Coleman and his team, as well as for the opportunity to serve our patients. We give thanks to God for the successful outcome of the outreach and for the positive impact it has had on everyone involved.
The Worm Project Annual Banquet
The Worm Project is an all-volunteer Christian organization that acquires and distributes medication to combat parasitic worm infections among children in some of the world’s most impoverished nations. Globally, over 800 million children—approximately one-fourth of the world’s children—are vulnerable to these infections. Parasitic worms contribute to physical and cognitive deficits in children through malnutrition. Each year, The Worm Project provides deworming medication to millions of children; each tablet, costing approximately 2.5 cents, treats one child for six months..Â
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This year’s Worm Project banquet took place on October 18th in Franconia, PA, featuring Rev. Dr. Richard Stryker of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia (HWHL) as a keynote speaker. The annual donation of 300,000 albendazole tablets from The Worm Project to HWHL enhances the health and quality of life for many Liberian children.
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Dr. Ana Cespedes, Chief Executive Officer of Vitamin Angels, also served as a keynote speaker. Vitamin Angels collaborates with The Worm Project to distribute deworming tablets and supplies maternal and children’s vitamins, positively impacting the well-being of 74 million women and children across more than 65 countries.
A Review from Great Nonprofits
Dr. Chris has an amazing faith story as well as a heart for healing and care in Liberia. She is diligent in supervising and training local residents, supervises students and maintains a clinic that is fiscally responsible in a country where fraud is rampant. I trust the funds we donate will be used to expand, maintain and equip her clinic. Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia is a sterling example of God’s work in providing an outreach we are all proud to support.
Barrels of Love Shipments Bless Liberia
What a joy it was to pack the truck June 28th for Asbury Church’s semiannual Barrels of Love shipment to Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia’s Waterfield Medical Center. Special thanks to Through These Hands for the medical supplies, Upper Lehigh Lions Club for donating over 350 pairs of glasses for our eye center, Grace Lutheran Church Macungie PA for a barrel of supplies, Jordan United Church of Christ for two more barrels plus individuals from Milton, PA; Memphis, TN; Tulsa, OK; and Eatonton, GA who made donations..
As this newsletter is being written, we are preparing another shipment for November 22nd which will include 22 barrels filled with supplies including over 750 dresses for little girls and hand-made children’s hospital gowns. Praising God for this ministry!
Address Change
Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia has a new mailing address. Please update your records to reflect:
Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia
PO Box 271
Keene, TX 76059 – 0271
Our plan is to continue to send out these newsletters on a quarterly basis so we don’t overwhelm your inboxes with emails! For updates between newsletters, please visit our web site and Facebook page.
We treasure your partnership in this mission. Your donations to this ministry are greatly appreciated. We’d love to hear from you anytime with your comments or questions.
It has been my honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Directors of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia for these past 8 years. I may be rotating off the Board as my second term ends, but I’ll still be involved in some way with HWHL. It’s been an amazing blessing for me to work in this Christ-centered ministry with Dr. Chris, our Board of Directors and you, our partners in ministry. Join me in welcoming Petheree Nissley our Secretary Elect who’ll be assuming the position of Secretary in January.
Dick McCreight
Secretary, HWHL
