Since September 2013, every four months, a group of 15-20 volunteers travels to the Dominican Republic to provide medical assistance to residents of our Sister Parishes and to El Mamey. Over the course of a four-day trip, these hardworking missionaries travel to three separate locations and see a total of approximately 600 patients with a variety of medical needs and ailments. 

With the aid of generous partners in the medical industry, our medical missionaries are able to perform examinations, basic blood testing, and other diagnostics right in the field and, in most cases, provide patients with appropriate medications. This care and all medications are free of charge. More than 3,600 individual patients have been seen by the medical team over the course of the 50 trips to date.

Through the dedicated participation of medical students at UNIBE, clinic patients receive general health and hygiene education at the clinic site, making the waiting process both interesting and educational. Since 2015, all children seen by the medical team are offered a painted-on dental fluoride treatment providing significant protection for up to six months as well as dental care supplies. With the assistance of UNIBE and under the auspices of the Dominican Health Ministry, the Ministry has arranged for children to be offered vaccinations against childhood diseases.

There are an average of 8 medical and nonmedical missions per year, with 1.75 million doses of medication distributed to help those who are in most need.