Caring Hands : Inspiring Stories of Volunteer Medical Missions

In the late nineteenth century, a group of idealistic Norwegians founded a small hospital in Minnesota. Since then, Fairview Health Services has grown into a world-class healthcare system known for its strong traditions of service and international volunteerism. Nowhere is this commitment more apparent than in the medical missions program of Fairview Foundation. Whether digging wells in Kosovo, treating children in Nepal, or feeding the starving people of Sudan, volunteers regularly offer medical education, technology, equipment, and skills to strangers who can never repay them. These volunteers touch the lives of tens of thousands of needy people every year. They travel by plane, bus, truck, foot, and canoe, bringing much-needed medical relief to developing and war-torn nations around the globe. By putting their talents and idealism to work, they exemplify the very best of human values: service for a better world. Book jacket.