Summer Intern Spotlight

“If I’m walking down the riverbank, and a man is drowning, even if I don’t know how to swim very well, I feel this urge that the right thing to do is to try and save that person.”  -Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health My name is Daniel...

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Integrating Nurse Training

February 26 – March 2, 2018, Mission: Restore and Bugando Medical Centre completed a fourth surgical training trip in reconstructive and plastic surgery together in Mwanza, Tanzania. The training marked our first dual program to train surgeons and nurse staff on burns...

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Women in Surgery Campaign Launch

Mission: Restore's Fall Campaign highlights the importance of "Women in Surgery".  The campaign will feature remarkable female surgeons from across Africa and highlight the important roll these women play as leaders in their hospitals and communities.  Mission:...

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East Africa Regional Training 2017

On June 19-21, 2017, Mission: Restore hosted the 2nd Annual East Africa Regional Training (EART) on reconstructive surgery and post-operative care in partnership with Coast General Hospital, Smile Train, and the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa...

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Summer Intern Spotlight

My name is Nayab, the newest member of Mission:Restore as the summer intern. I am from Queens, New York, but currently studying Biology and Nonprofit Leadership at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In the summer of 2015, I interned at a government hospital...

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EAST AFRICA REGIONAL TRAINING 2017

Annually, Mission: Restore hosts the East Africa Regional Training, which brings together surgeons from hospitals throughout Africa.We provide hands-on reconstructive surgical training, lectures, workshops, and offer surgeons networking opportunities to share common...

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