Our work in the United States
While the work of Medical Teams International focuses primarily on developing countries, we continue to respond to large-scale disasters in our own country.
Pacific Northwest Mobile Dental Program
1989 - Present
The mission of the Mobile Dental Program is to provide free urgent dental care to low-income children and adults, the homeless and migrant workers who lack insurance or a realistic way to pay for treatment.
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Pacific Northwest Floods
December 2007
Hurricane-force winds and pounding rain battered Oregon and Washington states December 2-4, 2007, leaving thousands of people without power or access to their damaged homes. Medical Teams International responded with volunteer teams and financial assistance.
Gulf Coast
September 2005
Staff and volunteers deployed as soon as possible for the New Orleans convention center, where they set up and managed the medical triage unit at the convention center for evacuees. Volunteers also staffed medical shelters in Lake Charles and Lafayette.
As we established partnerships with local churches, shelters and organizations in both Louisiana and Mississippi, we sent more volunteer medical teams, as well as health supplies and financial support. As the Gulf Coast entered the recovery period, we organized and sent construction teams.
New York City
September 2001
- Trauma counselor volunteers counseled exhausted rescue workers who worked at Ground Zero.
- Volunteers led Critical Incident Stress Debriefing workshops for a local college and area churches.
- In 2002, we partnered with 5 organizations in New York City to help hundreds of families directly affected by the terrorist attacks. People donated more than $800,000 to provide counseling, financial assistance and vocational training.