My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been supporting SIGN Fracture Care International through Kiwanis since 2003. The WHO lists trauma as the worst problem in the developing world and to my knowledge SIGN is the only organization that is addressing it. They have developed implants and the instruments to use them and manufacture them in Richland WA. They furnish the implants, instruments and training free as long as the patient recieves the surgery free. They now support over 300 hospitals in 50 countries, performed over 300,000 surgeries and trained over 5000 surgeons. This year they will ship over 30,000 implants. I visited a SIGN hospital in Tanzania in 2011 and got to meet the grateful surgeons and patients. There is no better bang for the buck!

I have been a SIGN supporter for many years. According to the "World Health Organization", Trauma is the largest health problem in the developing world. To my knowledge "SIGN Fracture Care International" is the only organization doing something about it. SIGN supplies the training, implants and the surgical tools required to use them, to surgeons working in minimal facilities all around the world (free). I had the privilege of visiting a SIGN surgical center in Tanzania, witnessing the operations and meeting the wonderful local surgeons and grateful patients. The impact SIGN is having is amazing. I urge you to support them. There is no better bang for the buck.