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Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2017

By CURE International

January 3^rd, 2018

A Letter from our CEO

Dear Friend,

What a year it has been! Because of God’s grace to this ministry, we have continued to see children with correctable disabilities find healing—physical, emotional, and spiritual healing—through CURE International.

I can’t wait for you to read this report and see the good work being done around the world. The impact we’ve already had is exciting—and so is the impact we believe we can have in the future.

So much of this is thanks to our incredible staff. Despite facing many challenges, these men and women keep choosing to serve the kids and families who come through our doors each day. Every person who works for CURE could have chosen a much more comfortable life, but instead, they’ve chosen to be part of this transformational ministry. We are so blessed by them.

This impact we’ve seen? It’s also thanks to you. We are so grateful for you. As you read this document and see the evidence of lives changed, please know that it’s because you have made these kids a priority. They matter greatly to God, and you’ve shown that they matter to you, too. Thank you so much for your support.

With friends like you, an amazing team around the world, and God’s continued blessing… how could we be anything but excited for the future? Here’s to celebrating a memorable year and to healing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God together again next year.

Sincerely,

Dr. Roger Spoelman

Roger enjoying the new playground at CURE Niger. We’re pretty sure the kids liked it, too.

our mission

Healing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God

Jesus sought out the broken and the marginalized, and He healed them.

He told us to do the same thing.

Since 1996, that’s been our aim. Starting with our first hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, we’ve focused on meeting the immediate needs of children with treatable disabilities while addressing long-term needs by creating sustainable programs to train local medical professionals in country. All of this is done in an environment where our patients, many of whom have been rejected by family and friends, are treated with love and dignity, often for the first time.

By meeting physical and emotional needs and demonstrating the love of God, we bear witness to holistic healing.

Every day in FY2017, the CURE network saw 69 procedures performed in our hospitals, 74 children enrolled in clubfoot treatment, 10 procedures performed by surgeons trained by CURE to heal children suffering from hydrocephalus and spina bifida, 50 people make an expression of faith in Jesus Christ, and 2 volunteers mobilized to serve around the world.

meet gali

a fourteen-year-old boy from Niger

“His father wants nothing to do with him,” Gali’s mother told us. Since he was five, Gali’s legs have splayed out. Gali has not only faced rejection in his family; he’s been beaten by men in his community, and other children have been forbidden to play with him for fear that they will be “infected.” A chance friendship between Gali’s uncle and a CURE Niger employee brought Gali to us, and though the journey to healing will be long, we’re grateful for the opportunity to help him stand straight and tall!

Follow along with Gali’s progress at cure.org/gali

How we do it: hospitals

CURE’s hospitals bring specialized medical care in 10 countries around the globe. They’re also centers for teaching, training the next generation of doctors, nurses, and more. From orthopedic care in the Philippines to state-of-the-art neurosurgical treatment in Uganda to NICU and fistula treatment in Afghanistan, CURE hospitals are places of hope and healing.

fiscal year 2017 impact

259,423 outpatient visits
16,655 procedures
87,016 people reached with the gospel through our Spiritual Ministry programs & activities
more than 9,000 expressions of faith witnessed by our hospitals' spiritual ministry teams
236 mobile clinics were carried out to close the gap in accessing care for our patients
585 volunteers mobilized

Meet Alex

a scrub technician at CURE Uganda

When he first started working at CURE Uganda, Alex was a general laborer, but he wanted to do more. After passing the entrance exam, Alex began training as a scrub technician, an important part of the surgical team. Now, he’s been a part of more surgeries than he can remember. He says,

I’m doing something. I am a part of something big. You wake up in the morning: let’s go save a life. It gives you joy, makes you feel good working in such a place where you are able to change lives through surgery and prayer. It’s a special place to be.

See more of his story at cure.org/alex

how we do it: clubfoot clinics

Since 2006, more than 102,000 children have been treated at partner clubfoot clinics.

That is almost twice the number of people that fit in Yankee Stadium.

Clubfoot is one of the most common musculoskeletal birth defects in the world, and it often goes untreated. For only a few hundred dollars, however, an infant with clubfoot can receive corrective treatment using the Ponseti method and be free of the disability for the rest of their life.

CURE Clubfoot works with local governments and other NGOs to promote awareness and provide training, equipment, and support to a network of partner clubfoot clinics in 18 countries where the need is great.

fiscal year 2017 impact

17,835 children newly enrolled in treatment
182,425 clinic visits by enrolled children
9,018 tenotomies performed
12,728 children achieved correction and received their first brace

run free 2030

a CURE Clubfoot initiative

An infant with clubfoot receives her first set of casts at a CURE clubfoot clinic in the Dominican Republic

After receiving Ponseti treatment for clubfoot as an infant, Angelina now walks—and runs!—on straight feet, to the delight of her family.

Together with its partners in the Global Clubfoot Initiative, CURE Clubfoot has launched a strategy to see treatment made available to 70% of all children born with clubfoot in low- and middle-income countries in the next thirteen years. Currently, fewer than 15% of these children have access to treatment.

Read more about this initiative at cure.org/runfree2030

How we do it: expanding treatment for hydrocephalus & spina Bifida

Hydrocephalus, or “water on the brain,” is a condition where cerebrospinal fluid builds up in or around the brain or drains improperly. As the amount of fluid increases, there is increasing pressure and stretching of tissue in the brain, eventually interfering with normal brain development and leading to permanent damage.

In Uganda, where hydrocephalus occurs at a high rate, CURE’s then medical director, Dr. Ben Warf, developed a new method of treatment, the ETV/CPC, that was successful and led to less dependence on ready access to a hospital for future care. Recognizing the need for this novel treatment in other underserved areas, in 2011 CURE launched a program to train and equip neurosurgeons to provide comprehensive hydrocephalus care, including the ETV/CPC procedure, as well as treatment for the often accompanying condition of spina bifida, in their own hospitals.

Today, CURE Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida continues to train neurosurgeons at CURE’s hospital in Uganda and support and equip partner treatment locations in 12 countries around the world.

fiscal year 2017 impact

2,533 procedures at partner treatment locations
835 procedures at the training center at CURE Uganda
5 surgeons trained in the comprehensive treatment of hydrocephalus & spina bifida
15 partner treatment locations in 12 countries

cure in vietnam

Neurosurgeon trained & equipped to bring innovative treatment to Southeast Asia

CURE Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida now has a partner treatment location in Vietnam staffed by Dr. Le Quang My, who was trained at CURE Uganda. He says,

Even though we were born in different countries, we have the same passion: trying to find a better method for treating hydrocephalus patients. Before I came, many people in Vietnam asked me, ‘Why do you go to Africa?’ But in my mind, you can learn everywhere and from everybody.

Read more about Dr. My at cure.org/vietnam

how we do it: integral mission

Our mission—healing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God—is not something that can be split into two separate tasks. As Christians, we believe that medical healing and spiritual ministry are two sides of the same coin. We do both, together. Processes in our hospitals and programs are built around intentional patient and family evangelism, staff discipleship, and community engagement. We develop these practices with sensitivity to local context and culture. Every believer across CURE’s network is empowered to reflect kingdom values and to wisely seek and seize opportunities for evangelism in every aspect of their lives. The way we see it, all CURE co-workers are on mission with God and each other to bring physical, emotional, and spiritual healing to those in our care.

Our hospitals and specialty programs currently operate in 29 countries around the world, providing charitable medical care to patients regardless of gender, ethnic background, and/or religious affiliation.

country highlights

INDIA: CURE Clubfoot now has partner clinics in all 29 states

UGANDA: Opened new Outpatient Department building, alleviating a significant bottleneck in evaluating cases and managing medical records

MALAWI: Government of Malawi invited CURE hospital to train their medical personnel on how to provide pastoral care to patients

stewardship of resources

Practicing fiscal responsibility and accountability are critical aspects of CURE’s financial stewardship model. Along with completing annual audits by an independent CPA firm, CURE is a member in good standing with the ECFA and holds the highest ratings from Charity Navigator and GuideStar.