5th Year of the Memorial Surgical Mission
Every year since 2010, the Hope Floats team carries out surgical missions in memory of their dear mentor and friend Professor Olabisi Odejide.
At the inaugural mission in 2010, the team carried out over 200 surgeries. A link to one of the media posts acknowledging the work http://allafrica.com/stories/201011100441.html
This year another 50 surgeries were done at the annual surgical mission outreach.
886 Surgeries in 9 missions in Osun State
Our Surgical Missions team completed 886 surgeries (exact number) in the past 5 months!
We delivered surgical services in Osun State: Iwo – May 30th, Osogbo- June 13th, Ilesa – June 27th, Ikirun- July 11th, Ikire- July 26th, Iresi- August 17th, Osogbo- August 22nd, Ile-Ife- September 5th, Ila- September 19th, 2013.
Our target for the year was 500 surgeries, we exceeded is by 386 surgeries.
Hope Builds / HFI Truck Deployed to help missions
Hope Builds / HFI Truck is now helping our surgical team deliver services in remote areas.
The truck was acquired trough a personal donation by Dr. Simeon Afolayan the head of Surgical Missions for Hope Builds.
4th Medshare & MAP Container Shipment.
Our partners at Medshare International shipped the 4th container of medical supplies to support our mobile surgical missions.
We are honored to be the first recipients of a joint shipment of medical supplies by Medshare International and MAP International. Thank you!
