PROGRAMAS PBO

Bridging the Gap

About ‘Bridging the Gap’

About ‘Bridging the Gap’

Our community outreach program provides support to other NGO’s and vulnerable communities. Around 100,000 people located in Bateyes, orphanages, and local schools, receive food, vitamins and free medical and dental care.

MISSION

To be able to extend our services to a greater portion of the Dominican population, through medical and dental health campaigns, grants to address the health, education and professional developmental needs of vulnerable communities.

VISION

To reach all vulnerable communities and to support them through health care services, education and food in order to break the cycle of poverty.

Operativos Médicos

At the end of 2015, December received a large donation of drugs from the organization Direct Relief, through it were benefited more than 49.342 people through the various institutions we visited in different parts of the country.

In March 2016, we reached more than 119.471 through 38 institutions reached in the network located in different parts of the country.

Doctors operating Amount of Surgeries Amount of Consultations
Dr. Michael Murphy/ May 2014
(Orthopaedic Surgery / Reconstruction hands)
51 320
Dr. Michael Murphy/ December 2014
(Orthopaedic Surgery / Reconstruction hands)
45 350
Total 90 670
     
Healing the Children/ October 2014
(ENT and Ophthalmology Pediatric)
111 520
     
Operación Sonrisa/ October 2014
(Chapped Lips and Cleft Palate)
20 300
     
Total surgeries in the year of medical / Total Operating Consultation for medical operations 227 2,160
Doctors operating
Dr. Michael Murphy/ May 2014

(Orthopaedic Surgery / Reconstruction hands)

51 Surgeries performed

320 Consultations

Dr. Michael Murphy/ December 2014

(Orthopaedic Surgery / Reconstruction hands)

45 Surgeries performed

350 Consultations

Total

96 Surgeries performed

670 Consultations

 
Healing the Children/ Octubre 2014

(Otorrino & Oftalmología Pediátrica)

111 Surgeries performed

520 Consultations

 
Operación Sonrisa/ Octubre 2014

(Labios partidos & Paladar Hendido)

20 Surgeries performed

300 Consultations

 
Total en el año de cirugías por operativos médicos / Total de Consultas por operativos médicos

227 Surgeries performed

2,160 Consultations

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