BMI Mission Trips
BMI is headed to Corozal, Belize for their second mission this year. They will serve patients from June 8-13, 2024 including cataract and pterygium
August 2, 2023
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During the past quarter of a century, over 1500 volunteers have worked together, contributing their time, energy, money, and expertise to bring critical medical care to those in need. More than 100,000 men, women, and children have received care from BMI in areas around the world where eye care was previously not affordable.
More than 100 missions trips have been made to
Africa
El Salvador
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Belize
Fiji
BMI is headed to Corozal, Belize for their second mission this year. They will serve patients from June 8-13, 2024 including cataract and pterygium
BMI provides healthcare education and medical/surgical clinics by:
volunteer healthcare professionals and lay personnel
cost free healthcare services
essential equipment and supplies
local healthcare workers to medically care for their people
mission sites with educational materials for on-going training
The goal of BMI is to ultimately develop each site into a self-sufficient mission, with well-equipped healthcare facilities staffed and operated by local medical personnel and volunteers. This takes time, manpower, dedication, and funding.
In 1986, at the invitation of the Ministry of Health of Belize and the Methodist Church of Belize, the volunteers who would later become BMI were invited to provide ophthalmic care for the northern region of Belize.
From an association with Rev. Veramu Tora serving as a missionary in Belize and working with BMI team members there, BMI was invited to send eye teams to this South Pacific island, which at that time had only one ophthalmologist.