Braveheart Medical Missions
Reach the unreachable.
OUR MISSION
We are a humanitarian organization with a mission to serve marginalized communities by providing preventive and sustainable medical treatment and programs. We strive to reach the unreachable through our mission trips to remote parts of Uganda.
What do we do?
Braveheart Foundation uses minimal funding and resources to impact many by providing mass drug administration and in-depth health education in the most desolate villages of Uganda. We partner with local organizations and medical professionals to bring our team of US-based medical providers to give free services to those in need. Our free services included:
Malaria Mitigation (including testing, de-worming, and providing mosquito nets)
Podiatry
Vision
Women’s Health
Children’s Health
No Child Left Uneducated Program
Dental
Our Impact
Braveheart treats underserved patients with life saving results by providing medical services, medicines, supplies, training and education to communities throughout the world. Braveheart recruits qualified medical teams and offers short-term assignments for volunteer doctors, nurses, dentists and other health care professionals as well as non-medical volunteers to conduct overseas medical clinics in areas where health care is limited or difficult to obtain.
7+
YEARS SERVING COMMUNITIES
2022 marks Braveheart Foundation’s 8th year. Though COVID-19 has paused our international missions momentarily, we celebrate serving over…
100
1700
MEDICAL PROVIDERS
PATIENTS TREATED
100 medical providers. Braveheart recruits medical professionals from all fields to help those in need. We have worked with university programs, nursing collectives, specialities, and more to provide medical care to our patients.
1700 patients annually in Uganda for 5 medical mission trips. Braveheart returns to the communities that need us most and travel to new locations with the help of more than…
Our Programs:
Living in remote parts of the world, our patients face different challenges than the ones we see in Western countries. Because of this, we strive to provide education about the importance of children wearing shoes while they play outside to avoid parasites or how sleeping under a medicated mosquito net can prevent malaria. Through education paired with treatment, we are able to have a greater impact and help prevent illness in our patients.
DENTAL HYGIENE
Oral diseases are the most common chronic diseases and can cause a lifetime of pain, discomfort, disfigurement and even death. The Braveheart volunteer dental team worked hard to see hundreds of patients this year to provide routine checkups, more intensive work when needed and tips to stay healthy!
PODIATRY
On our last mission trip, the podiatry team from Barry University were able to assess, diagnose, and treat ailments of the foot for our patients. We held shoe drives to supply our patients with adequate shoes to prevent future ailments and we provided education to minimize these problems for our patients in the future.
MALARIA TREATMENT
Malaria is a treatable, but fatal disease transmitted through infected mosquitos. Although this disease has long been eradicated from the US, it still causes almost 500,000 deaths per year according to the World Health Organization.
HEALTH & FOOD
On our last mission trip, we formed a new partnership with Jean Paul Nageri of Gayaza, who used natural resources from local farms to cure his father's diabetes. He founded Sio Valley Foods, a holistic health service with the goal of spreading his knowledge and resources across Uganda.
Braveheart has a partnership with Smiling Hearts orphanage in Lake Buyonyi, Uganda. Braveheart supplies the orphanage with a yearly supply of medications in the kiddie pharmacy while also providing yearly well-kid health check-ups, malaria, dental and vision screening with necessary treatment.