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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022. 7:48 pm CST.

By Benjamin Flowers: Earlier this month, several Belizean families benefitted from a medical mission trip by LEAP Global Missions, a Christian organization, based in Texas, USA, that provides specialized surgical services around the world.

The team, which was in Belize from April 8-10, was comprised of an oculoplastic surgeon, a craniofacial plastic surgeon, two orthodontists, one dentist, two anesthesiologists, two dental hygienists, eight nurses, one dental assistant, and four support staff.

During this trip, the team performed surgeries on a boy from San Joaquin Village in Corozal, and a girl from Belmopan. Notably, LEAP Global Missions said that the organization, which has been in existence for 31 years, has been coming to Belize since 1995 through a collaboration with the Rotary Club of Orange Walk and the Northern Regional Hospital (NRH), and has performed over 370 plastic surgeries, over 350 eye surgeries and over 400 dental procedures for free.

More than 1,400 patients are said to have benefitted from the interventions of LEAP Global Ministries.

“I think our times in Belize are summed up by the word ‘love,’” explained Donna Matthews, LEAP’S Founder and Director of Missions. “We come in and are greeted by such love by the community: from the Belizeans, from the Rotarians, the children, and the families. Every time we meet a Belizean family, they impact us and change us going forward.”

The organization said that it plans to return for another mission trip on June 10-12, 2022, at the NRH.

 

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