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Bayanihan: Mission
Fund Campaign

Save lives and prevent disabilities by supporting our efforts to deliver vital surgeries to underserved communities.

Imagine a father, the breadwinner, who dies from an untreated hernia, or a mother, the heart of the home, who succumbs to an infected gallstone, leaving families in shambles and trapping children in poverty.  

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Picture a farmer who loses his sight because of cataracts, preventing him from tilling his fields and supporting his family.

Medical complications from treatable conditions lead to preventable deaths and disabilities in working-age men and women, perpetuating the cycle of poverty.

In Bohol, a disaster-hit rural province, the median yearly family income is only $1,770. Major elective surgeries like hernia repairs and cholecystectomies cost over $1,500, and cataract surgery around $1,000, making them unaffordable for many.

In April 2026, we will bring a team of volunteer doctors and nurses to provide major elective and cataract surgeries at no cost to indigent patients.

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Volunteer surgeons perform major elective surgery at Don Emilio del Valle Hospital, Bohol, Philippines, February 2025.

We still need to cover hospital fees, medications, and supplies, but thanks to strategic partnerships, we have drastically reduced costs to just around $250 per surgery. We plan to perform 275 of these procedures in one mission trip, changing 275 lives for the better!

With your generosity, we can do even more!

When you donate to our medical mission, you are not just giving money. You are offering a second chance at life. Your contribution means someone in the Philippines can finally receive the care they desperately need. 

Help break the cycle of poverty. Donate to our medical mission and give families hope for a brighter future!

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HAND-Philippines is registered through the IRS as a 501(c)3. Donations, where allowed, are tax-exempt to the fullest extent allowed by federal and state law. EIN 46-4698622.

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