What We Do: Medical Outreach

Did you know...

• Around 270 million children (just over 14% of all children in developing countries) have no access to health care services.
• Every year more than 5 million people die from illnesses related to contaminated water, dirty living conditions, and poor hygiene.
• Nearly half of all the people in the developing world have a disease realted to contaminated water or poor hygiene.
• Lack of basic sanitation and unsafe water cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war.
• Number of child lives that could be saved each year through routine immunization: 2.2 million.

The tragedy is that these deaths can be prevented.

One Mission is committed to meet the need for medical care among the world's poor with lasting solutions through excellence in medicine, patient care, and health education. We do this by:

• Mobilizing volunteers on medical clinic trips.
• Working alongside national doctors and health care professionals from the countries we go to and joining the efforts of the local church where possible.
• Education nationals in disease and illness prevention.
• Keeping homes and neighborhoods clean from feces and other unhealthy elements.
• Providing medicine.
  

What We Do: Education & Training

• Over 140 million children in developing countries 13% of those aged 7-18 years - have never attended school
• Over 300 million children in developing countries are deprived of information, lacking access to internet, TV, radio, telephone or newspapers. Without access to information children are deprived of the opportunity to develop internal mechanisms enabling them to understand their rights and opportunities as well as the ability to make decisions and perform effectively in a productive society.
  
• Nearly one billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

One Mission is committed to education and training the world's poor with lasting solutions. We do this by building Christ-centered, self-sustaining communities through the development and discipleship of the local people.

Basic education & training includes:

Reading and writing. Just by knowing how to read and write a student in the poorest parts of Mexico is 20% more likely to get of the poverty she grew up in. Literacy programs lay a foundation for the churches to be led by their own as Christians are enabled to read and study the scriptures for themselves.

English. At this point in the world's history, English is the preeminent language of communication. Knowing English as a second language provides people with a greater opportunity for success in the marketplace as well as provides national Christian leaders with a greater opportunity to impact their communities and nations.

Training. Skills such as computer literacy, construction, hospitality, and small business allow people in developing nations to become more desirable and successful int he marketplace. We concentrate our efforts on long-term sustainable solutions that last beyond our presence. Communities that are owned by the people, demonstrated through volunteerism, and strengthened through training and discipleship. We strive to train, equip, and empower local leaders to make the impact in their own community.

Education not only saves lives but it helps entire families move from dying to surviving to self-sufficiency.

What We Do

Over the next few weeks we're going to be featuring a series of blog posts explaining what it is exactly that we do here at One Mission. We're going to go over vision, education & training, health, shelter, and spiritual development. These posts will hopefully keep people informed and make people aware of a new trend in missions and social work that absolutely needs to be addressed. One issue I'd specifically like you, the reader, to notice is the importance of relief vs. development. Thanks for reading and feel free to comment or contact us to learn more!