We are a U.S. based organization concerned about the welfare of the poor through-out the whole world.
Bringing medical aid to the horn of Africa where it's desparately needed.
Our Hospital in Jigjiga, Ethiopia

“And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday”. Proverbs 22:6

More than 10 million children under the age of five die each year, of whom 1.5 million are severely malnourished, 1. it showed that 53%–60% of global child deaths are attributed to malnutrition (determined by weight-for-height z-scores of less than minus 1) [2], representing 5.7–6.4 million malnutrition-related deaths each year associated with pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, and malaria [3].

Issues facing children in Ethiopia:

Malnutrition is responsible for more than half of all deaths among children under age five.

What’s MedCorp is doing in Ethiopia:

Community-Based Therapeutic Care

The goal of this program is to reduce child mortality and morbidity by improving nutrition among children under the age of 5. MedCorp is Providing 6 Therapeutic feeding centers in Eastern part of Ethiopia, MedCorp is currently caring for 1768 severely malrourished children under the age of five. MedCorp continuing to partner with health care facilities to enhance the capacity of local services and to provide proper nutrition-training to staff. MedCorp is working in partnership with USAID, UNICEF, and WHO has been implementing the program in four drought-stricken districts in the country's eastern region

Mobile Health Clinics
Ethiopia's national child and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Malnutrition is an underlying cause in 60 percent of all deaths of children under 5 years. In Ethiopia’s Kabredahar Zone, home to many Somali refugees, nearly one-third of children are severely stunted from malnutrition. Through mobile health clinics, MedCorp delivers essential health and nutritional services to women and children in these Somali regions. The clinics will also provide immunizations and health messages promoting better childcare practices.