HOWM
Health Outreach for World Missions
HOWM : ‘하음’ – 하나님의 마음
“Bring Health Care to Missions”
HOWM [하음]
“Bring Health Care to Missions”
We Are
Dedicated evangelical Christians focusing on the coordinated delivery of health care to the mission fields, equipping and training missionaries for providing basic health care, and supporting health care centers and teams
- Providers: Christian medical and dental professionals (physician, dentist, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, counselors, technicians, businessmen, IT personnel, lawyers, secretary, etc.)
- Recipients: Christian missionaries/family + Coworkers ==>villagers
Mission Statement
Seeking to provide the coordinated and efficient delivery of health care to the missionaries and their mission fields to share the love of the Christ.
We Believe
- Bible: The only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- Trinity of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- Lord Jesus Christ: True human and God who is the only way of salvation. Virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, resurrection and the second coming of Jesus Christ.
- Sanctity of life given by God: Human life is a sacred gift from God to be respected and protected
Why
- Lack of coordination between medical mission organizations
- Lack of support, information and training for medical mission teams
- Lack of medical care for many missionaries and family
- Urgent/emergent medical care
- Local emergent medical care
- Telemedicine
- Medical evacuation and treatment
- Follow up medical care
- Local medical care
- Telemedicine
- Chronic medical care
- Chronic medical treatment and medications
- Urgent/emergent medical care
- Lack of basic medical knowledge among missionaries
- Inadequate support for maintaining regional medical center
What
- Health care for missionaries and their mission fields
- Educating/training missionaries for basic health care
- Establishing and maintaining local health missions
- Networking for effective communication, coordination, cooperation between health mission organizations
- Logistic support, information and training for health mission teams
Missions
Missionary Health Care Support
- Remote medical care/Telehealth
- Primary health care consultations
- Specialty health care consultations
- Medications, equipment support
- Local medical care support
- Medical evacuation referrals USA or South Korea
Missionary Health Education/Training
- Equip basic health knowledge and skills
- Equip basic knowledge on the use of common medications
- Educate the local people on health hygiene and care
- Training missionaries for assisting telehealth
- Help/provide basic health care to local people if necessary with the telehealth instructions/guidance
Health Mission Team Support
- Connect local mission needs to visiting short-term health mission teams
- Support/coordinate/mobilize health missions
- Provide links for health mission opportunities available through other mission organizations
- Provide info for local disease, logistics, vaccine requirement, etc.
- Provide info/help with medications/supplies
- Logistic support for medical, pharmaceutical, medical-legal issues
Long-term Local Health Missions
- Establishing sustainable local health missions
- Supporting local health mission operation
- Providing health care specialty support
- Providing health care oversight
Networking/Equipping Health Missions
- Establishing directories and communications
- Networking of health mission organizations
- Engaging more professionals for health missions
- Health mission conferences and training
Pharmacy/Equipment Mission
- Coordinate with Christian, non-profit, and commercial pharmaceutical companies for obtaining medications/supplies and equipment for health missions
- Provide medications/supplies and equipment to be sent to the missionaries/centers
- Help/provide local medication/supplies and equipment for urgent and chronic health need