The mission schedule for Children’s Lifeline International® varies depending upon the requests received from the medical team leader and the needs of the community. Once a request with dates, country of destination and a breakdown of financial needs is submitted and approved by CLI the mission is scheduled and budgeted. Our goal is to send at least two medical mission trips every month.
Upcoming CLI Missions
These missions are on the schedule and in need of your support.
Dr. Robert Ross and his team from Children’s Hospital of Michigan will be returning to the DR. The goal after 18 years continues to be the same: Perform critical surgeries for children who need it the most, and continue extensive training for the host CEDIMAT hospital team so they can…
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CLI Mission veteran Dr. Larry Nichter will be again leading a medical team from Orange County California, this time to Nakuru, Kenya. They will be performing general and plastic surgeries on a variety of cases, typically all, or nearly all, children. In past years this has included cleft lip and…
Read moreA 20+ member team led by Dr. Francis Finn-Thompson will return to Ghana to perform dozens of life-saving cardiac procedures on a variety of pediatric cases over the course of one week, along with evaluations of previous patients to check on progress. In recent years these missions have included clinics…
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This project location, while having a rudimentary “hospital” in reality, is held in a field first aid clinic with a storage facility built by SMILES with some assistance for purchase of several anesthesia machines, sterilizers, operating room suction and lighting and tables. The entire two operating rooms with their full equipment,…
Read moreThis mission has an active presurgical screening team on the ground onsite which continues care for these children between mission visits giving longitudinal care for them with our direction. These children require up to 5-7 reconstructive surgeries during their development years from the ages of one month until 17 years/old.…
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A 20+ member team led by Dr. Francis Finn-Thompson will return to Ghana to perform dozens of life-saving cardiac procedures on a variety of pediatric cases over the course of one week, along with evaluations of previous patients to check on progress. In recent years these missions have included clinics…
Read moreThis project location, while having a rudimentary “hospital” in reality, is held in a field first aid clinic with a storage facility built by SMILES with some assistance for purchase of several anesthesia machines, sterilizers, operating room suction and lighting and tables. The entire two operating rooms with their full equipment,…
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