What's Happening Now

At 9:56AM, in a hospital in Ethiopia, Dr. Ted Belanger     and his spinal surgery team from the Texas Back Institute in Dallas, Texas, made the first incision on the first patient of the day. Hours later, would the patient, who arrived at the hospital bent all the way over at the waist, stand tall with a straight back?

In October 2016, a Category 5 hurricane swept out of the Atlantic and dumped its 150mph winds and rain over Haiti—the strongest storm to hit the poor country since Hurricane Cleo in 1964, killing hundreds. Conscience International rushed teams in as part of a mass humanitarian aid effort. Our teams are still working there.

Dressed as a Pakistani for security reasons, Conscience International Southeast Asia Project Director Richard Sarker, a native of Bangladesh, visited Pakistan in June, 2017 where he met several women who were interested in receiving training courses to become seamstresses and beauticians.

Richard Sarker, Conscience International Project Director for Southeast Asia, flew to Vietnam in June, 2017 to visit an orphanage started by locals.

Refugee Children from Syria and migrants from many other countries suffer for many months in transition camps in Greece because they are blocked from returning home and forbidden to stay in Europe.

Conscience International has been helping refugees in Jordan for many years. We sent another team to Jordan this year to visit long time partners who are assisting Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

Just a few months ago the entire staff of Jos University Teaching Hospital in Jos, Nigeria walked off the job, frustrated by the dearth of medical supplies and equipment needed for the vital care of its patients

Flooding is not new to Bangladesh—monsoons are an annual occurrence. But the monsoons of 2016 are proving to be unendurable, which makes it all the more devastating for those who have been through flooding before. Children are the most vulnerable among the thousands now fighting for survival.