Haiti Medical Mission: Make a Difference

About Us

Mission Statement

We want to share our medical skills and resources with the local doctors and medical staff of Pignon, to improve the lives and health care for the people there.

Vision Statement

We will improve health care delivery in the village of Pignon by providing new and recycled medical supplies, teaching the local health providers and providing surgery to the people which is otherwise not available.


His name is Jacksees. A ten-year old boy who looked six. A cleft lip and palate meant ridicule from family and friends. In fact, he had never even been to school because of his deformity. When the Haiti Medical Mission of Fargo-Moorhead performed a life-changing operation on Jacksees, they watched the boy's "jaw drop" as he looked in the mirror and saw a new face looking back at him for the first time.

That's what the Mission is all about - changing lives.

Every year, a team of doctors, nurses, anesthetists and other healthcare professionals travel to the mountain village of Pignon, Haiti. The team works out of the 'Comite de Beinfaisance de Pignon', a hospital started by a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, Dr. Guy Theodore, who himself is a native of Haiti. The hospital serves the poor. The village has dirt roads, no power and little running water.

For one week every January, the team travels to Pignon to perform over forty major surgeries for the native people of Haiti. People from all over the country come and line up to see if the team can help them. Each fall, in preparation for the trip, the medical team collects and packs recycled but quality surgical equipment and operating room materials from various Fargo-Moorhead healthcare facilities.

The medical team relies on donations from friends, family, local churches and others who support the Mission.