International Relief Teams

EIGHTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE (1988-2006)
International Relief Teams mobilizes volunteers and distributes medical supplies to support the
organization’s four missions: 1) domestic and international disaster relief, 2) medical education and
training, 3) surgical and clinical outreach, and 4) public health. Volunteer medical teams augment local
health care professionals during natural disasters and other crises, conduct comprehensive in-hospital
training in cardiac resuscitation, obstetrical and neonatal care, and perform surgery in remote,
impoverished areas where specialists do not exist. Volunteer construction teams repair homes
damaged by natural disaster, build public health facilities, and conduct community-based construction
training. IRT also sponsors peer-counseling programs to reduce mother to child HIV/AIDS
transmission. Since 1988, IRT has provided more than $5.1 million in volunteer services, and more
than $96 million in medicines and supplies to families in desperate need worldwide.

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