Our Work

The Dr. Atamjit Gill Women’s Health Legacy Fund will ensure that Dr. Gill’s passion for women’s health around the world continues. To learn more, please click here.

From May 24 – 32, 2025, Team Brantford will embark on their second mission to rural Guatemala, bringing hope and healing to communities in need. This dedicated group of 13 volunteers will perform pre-op assessments to identify and triage essential orthopedic and gynecological surgeries while also delivering vital education to midwives and caregivers in local villages. To learn more, please click here.

For the first time ever, Team Newfoundland is bringing pivotal women’s and children’s health services to Uganda! From April 30 – May 8, 2025, our dedicated team of 10 volunteers will be on the ground, providing essential care to those in need. To learn more, please click here.

From October 11-19, 2025, a dedicated team of approximately 30 medical and logistical volunteers from Barrie will embark on their fifth mission to Antigua, Guatemala. To learn more, please click here

Three teams of compassionate volunteers, representing Newfoundland, Calgary, and Manitoba, will be travelling to Antigua, Guatemala to provide a broad scope of critical care. From November 14 – 22, these health care professionals will use their collective skills, formative experiences, and shared determination to provide medical treatment to Guatemalans who would otherwise go without. To learn more, please click here.

Every year, over 1 million burn injuries occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, often leading to long-term disabilities, especially in children. The Africa Burn Project is dedicated to changing this reality by providing reconstructive surgery for children with burn contractures and training healthcare professionals in burn care and reconstruction. To learn more, please click here.

On August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the coast of Haiti causing widespread fear and devastation in the already-suffering country. In its wake, hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand. We are in constant contact with our partners on the ground and they have identified an intense need for trauma supplies. To meet this urgent need, we’re asking for your help. Learn more here.

For families in developing countries, access to essential nutrition can be a significant challenge – one that directly impacts a child’s ability to thrive and receive necessary medical care. To learn more, please click here.

Team Broken Earth has partnered with the Nunatsiavut Government, Labrador-Grenfell Health and local communities to provide educational courses for first responders and local health care providers. Mission trips to date have included training for first responders and local health care providers in the areas of women and children’s health, chronic disease including diabetes, physiotherapy, remote trauma and overall mental health and wellbeing. Plans are underway to build on this program in 2022. To learn more about our Canada North – Labrador educational mission, please click here.

Team Broken Earth lost a valued team member and dear friend this past year, Dr. David Lacey. Dr. Lacey volunteered his medical expertise in Haiti and is described as a “man who loved life and giving back”. The Dr. David Lacey Memorial Scholarship has been established by his family to provide annual funding for a Memorial University Medical student to join a support mission in Haiti. The chosen student will have demonstrated excellence in patient-centred and compassionate care. To learn more, please click here.