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Causes: Health, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, International, International Relief, Public Health
Mission: To promote educational, religious, humanitarian exchanges with the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (North Korea). We serve US and other donors who seek transparency, practicality and sensitivity to Korean culture and language when providing assistance to North Korea, and we do so in the spirit of Christian charity.
Programs: Our major tuberculosis program provides basic support packages to over 40 medical institutions in North Korea. Since 1997, we have provided over 200,000 courses of DOTS medication for tuberculosis patients in North Korea.We make a minimum of two trips a year to the country, with our own Korean-speaking staff, to visit every institution we sponsor.We also support medical exchanges between the DPRK and the US for training of DPRK physicians.