About
HEALTH OUTREACH for WORLD MISSIONS
Health Outreach for World Missions
- HOWM stands for Health Outreach for World Missions, which is a non-profit organization registered to Virginia state, USA and a non-denominational Christian health organization.
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
Statements
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
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.
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
Get to know our voluntary team
<Under Organizing Teams of Medical Providers and Recipients>