Do Something Small to Create Massive Changes in Lives

Can a tree seedling changing a life? Tell us what you think.

Ready to change the world?

Mark 8:00 am in your calendar today to start.

RTC's President Kevin Clawson will be the keynote speaker at today's BYU NGO Conference. You coming?

Reach the Children & AZ Doctors Help Uganda

Arizona State Alum and current KBMT Channel 12 (Beaumont, Texas) reporter Liz McKernan created an Hearst award winning video while at Arizona State. The Hearst award is the Pulitzer Prize for college students. Part of her video featured a medical mission sponsored by Reach the Children.

Lily White's New Hope, New Look

For those who have helped with Lily White, Jastus Suchi has sent the following update:


I just visited Lilywhite yesterday, as I entered the compound, I felt the new hope experienced there. Work is still going on, but seedlings are ready for transplant, there were waiting for a technician to install drip irrigation pipes.

Here is the gate:


A view from the East:


Another view from the West:


Patrice opening the door:


Here are some tomato seedlings that are ready to be transplanted:

Laparoscopic Miracles - A Report by Dr. Paul McKernan on their trip to Uganda

Check out the great work Dr. Paul McKernan did with four other physicians in performing and teaching medical procedures in Uganda!

This is his report!

I am writing with regard to a recent medical mission I conducted to Kampala, Uganda, for the express purpose of teaching operative laparoscopy skills to the OB/GYN physicians and residency staff of Mulago Hospital at Makerere University School of Medicine. My group, (comprised of four physicians from Phoenix, AZ, and a laparoscopic surgical technician) worked for four days in the operating theater of Mulago Hospital at the invitation of Dr. Josephat (Chairman of the Dept. OB/GYN). Our specific days in the O.R. were 1/25/10 to 1/28/10. On previous missions (2005, 2006 and 2009), I and other physicians took over donated laparoscopic equipment (insufflators, wolf end coagulator, cameras, light sources, and laparoscopes). These were set up and left for the benefit of the OB/GYN physicians in Kampala, Uganda. In 2009, I worked with the same department chairman (Dr. Josephat) and we set up the first GYN laparoscopic unit in Mulago

Hospital. In 2009 we performed five GYN laparoscopic procedures, in a teaching setting for the GYN department staff and resident physicians. On this particular (2010) mission, we successfully performed ten laparoscopic surgeries on local patients who came to us via the residents and attending staff. Our team member anesthesiologists trained and worked with the anesthesia residents at (Mulago Hospital) to teach them the particulars of anesthesia safety for the laparoscopic procedures. My team members pay for their own expenses, and we are sponsored by Reach The Children an NGO through whom we organize the trips.

Paul D. McKernan, MD, FACOG

Diplomat, American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Three Reasons to Be Voluntourist

Emily Smurthwaite explains how an expedition with Reach the Children taught her the keys to living stress free, connecting with others, and becoming a better person.

"(T)hree months ago, I found myself singing, “This is the way we wash our hands …” and “Brush, brush, brush your teeth, morning and at night …” in front of hundreds of little Kenyans. The students were so loving I wasn’t even self-conscious during my solos. And all it took was a trip half-way around the world to conquer my fear!

"But don’t expect any American Idol auditions anytime soon."

For the full story, check out Emily's story on La, la, la! Three Reasons to be a Voluntourist