Hear It From The People Who Showed Up.

Surgeons, nurses, students, kitchen staff, first-timers. Watch the team tell you what an IMO outreach actually feels like. Press play.

IMO Volunteer Voices

Featured Voices

On The Team. On The Ground.

Doctors, nurses, and first-timers tell you in their own words why they keep coming back.

Dr. Larry McKenzie
2024

Dr. Larry McKenzie

A surgeon who keeps coming back. On the joy that comes with the chaos of an outreach week.

2024

Dr. Jeneral Dumura Alfin

Volunteer physician and board member on what it means to serve in his own community.

Dr. Jeneral Dumura Alfin
Dr. Julie
2023

Dr. Julie

A volunteer physician from Texas on her first IMO trip and what she didn’t expect to find.

2024

Tom Weichart

Florida team lead Tom on building the team and the moments that keep him coming back.

Tom Weichart
Janny McKenzie
2024

Janny McKenzie

Board member and co-lead from Tulsa on the family that forms around every outreach.

2024

Joshua Karami

A surgical nurse on the moments inside the operating theater that change you.

Joshua Karami

More From The Field

Volunteers, Voices, And A Kitchen.

Vanessa Close

Vanessa Close

Volunteer

Dr. Mike Malave

Dr. Mike Malave

Cataract & Eye Care

Sarah Salami-Adaba

Sarah Salami-Adaba

Head of Kitchen

Ryan

Ryan

Non-Medical · First Trip 2017

Field Story

Field Story

Jos, Nigeria

Field Story

Field Story

Jos, Nigeria

Behind The Scenes

No Mission Runs On An Empty Stomach.

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More From Every Outreach.

We post photos and short clips from every mission week. Come along.

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There Is Room On The Team.

Volunteer with us, or send the surgery in your place.