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Healing the Children Northeast

Healing the Children envisions a world where every child has access to quality medical care.

Healing the Children Northeast, Inc. provides needed quality medical care for underserved children throughout the world and advances medical skills and resources in developing countries. We are one of 15 chapters across the U.S. who work cooperatively to provide these services worldwide. We are a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer organization with a 501(c)(3) I.R.S. tax exemption. 

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NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS

Healing the Children Northeast
21st Annual Golf Outing

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Dear Friend,

We are pleased to inform you that we are hosting our 21st annual golf outing on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Waccabuc Country Club in Waccabuc, NY.

Each year at our outing we honor one or more of our volunteer medical staff who travel around the world with us for their outstanding contributions to furthering our mission.

This year we are honoring Doctor Maurine Heard, anesthesiologist, who has traveled with Healing the Children Northeast to Colombia, Peru and Africa to care for the children we treat.

Please join us Tuesday, June 9th at Waccabuc Country Club, either as a golfer or sponsor, or just come to our reception dinner and awards ceremony and enjoy a fun afternoon and evening.

We hope if you cannot attend, you will consider donating to our cause to support our efforts. All funds raised at this outing will allow us to continue our mission. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Robert D. Ryan                                                                       Kathleen Smith McGovern

HTCNE Board President                                                        Co-Chair Golf Committee

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Stories from the Road:
Weill-Bugando Medical Center, Tanzania

Our recent July 2025 humanitarian surgical trip to Mwanza, Tanzania, represented the third year of a collaboration between the Weill-Bugando Medical Center (WBMC), a major tertiary referral hospital located on the shores of Lake Victoria, and Healing the Children Northeast, Inc. (HTCNE), a volunteer organization dedicated to providing donated medical care to children in need. Serving a population of more than 18 million people, WBMC plays a critical role in providing care to patients with limited access to specialty surgical services. Click to read more

Helping Local Children

On July 29, 2025, Healing the Children Northeast presented a check to Katy Francis of United Way’s Back-to-School Program. Healing the Children Northeast’s Domestic Kids Program has provided medical treatment and assistance to children in our local communities, and this year we were pleased to present a $1,000 grant to the Back-to-School Backpack Program servicing 320 children in New Milford. We are proud to send local kids back to school with the supplies and essentials they need for a successful school year.

Beyond One Mission:
The Power of Continuity in Global Pediatric Care

When I previously shared my experience as a Chicago pediatrician providing cleft care in Bolivia, I focused on the profound impact of a child’s first cleft lip surgery, specifically the moment when a family witnesses a smile they had only imagined. Since then, I have come to understand something even deeper: the greatest joy in this work comes not from a single surgery, but from accompanying patients and families throughout their care journey. Click to continue reading….

Dr. Emma B. Olivera is a Chicago-area pediatrician and proud Latina physician committed to improving child health locally and globally.

2026 High School Scholarship

Starting in 2017, Healing the Children Northeast established a Medical Career Scholarship to give back to our local community. This annual scholarship is awarded to New Milford High School seniors who plan to pursue a career in the medical field.

Online submissions must be complete by:  Friday, April 3, 2026

Click for more information and application to apply…

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What Our Medical Volunteers Say:

I appreciate HTCNE so much. These missions have changed my life. My heart was so full after this trip! This was my very first medical mission trip and it did not disappoint. From the travel, to the people, to the kids being helped it was an experience to remember. The team leadership was amazing, inspiring and has placed so much hope into my world. It was an overwhelmingly impactful and positive experience.

Ethiopia - 2019

Upcoming Trips

Gilman Plastics & Cleft Team

Cartagena, Colombia
February 18-28, 2026

Ransom Cleft Team

Ica, Peru
April 10-18, 2026

Team Members: Click for Trip Information

Abraham Plastics Team

Mwanza, Tanzania
July 17-26, 2026

Team Members: Click for Trip Information

Keiser Dental Team

Puerto Quito, Ecuador
October 16-24, 2026

Team Members: Click for Trip Information

Alemi Cleft Team

Santa Marta, Colombia
Oct 17-24, 2026

Did You Know

  • Donations through IRA’s

    If you are 70 ½ or older, you can make a tax-free charitable gift to a non-profit directly from your IRA. IRA distributions are exempt from taxable income and qualify for the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD).

  • Community Bags at Big Y Stores

    Throughout the entire year you can always purchase a community bag at ANY Big Y Store location in CT or MA by filling out the giving tag and naming Healing the Children Northeast and we will receive $1.00 from that purchase.

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Healing The Children Northeast, located in New Milford, Connecticut, is committed to arranging free surgical, dental and medical treatment for children in need. Children are provided services through three programs:

Medical Teams Abroad Program

Our Medical Teams Abroad Program reaches across national boundaries to provide our world’s children with desperately needed medical care.

International Inbound Program

The International Inbound Program brings children from developing countries to the United States where we match the needs of the child with a volunteer doctor and/or hospital.

Domestic Kids Program

The Domestic Kids Program has evolved over the years and is now an annual Medical Career Scholarship to New Milford High School seniors who plan to pursue a career in the medical field.

Learn More About Our Programs
64,586

patients have been helped through our 3 programs to date!

59,164

children helped by our Medical Teams Abroad Program since 1985.

$6,764,230.01

worth of services provided through our 3 programs in 2024.