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Dr.
Michael Viola, Director of Medicine For Peace,
at the refugee camp in Tuzla, Bosnia.
About
Medicine for Peace
The
roots of Medicine For Peace were planted during the El Salvadoran
Civil War when a group of concerned American physicians supplied
medicine to clinics in villages devasted by the war.Since that time,
we have been steadfast in our mission - to provide medical care
and humanitarian assistance to children who are victims of war.
Medicine
For Peace has undergone remarkable growth in the past ten years;
we have helped children in El Salvador, Bosnia, Iraq, Haiti and
the USA. Yet, the essential character of the organization has not
changed. We remain a voluntary organization in which doctors, nurses,
engineers, and dedicated individuals selflessly donate time, energy
and resources to achieve our common goals.
Our financial
support is primarily from individual donors and from small foundations,
who take pride in seeing every dollar channeled into child health
programs with minimal overhead. Our Executive Committee has the
freedom to tackle difficult and often dangerous child health problems.
We are a small medical relief organization, but we are bold and
often work in areas
that larger organizations find difficult to negotiate.
The photos
on our website will give you an idea of the breadth of our programs
and what courageous and expert volunteers can accomplish when
they have the support of generous and compassionate donors. We
have joined together to achieve much in the past decade, and with
your help we shall provide many more children with hope for a
life free from the violence of war.
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Michael V. Viola, M.D.
Medicine
For Peace
2732 Unicorn Lane NW
Washington,
DC 20015
202-441-4545, fax 301-571-0769
medforpeace@aol.com
www.medicineforpeace.org
MEDICINE
FOR PEACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive
Board
Kathleen Crane
Director
Children's Scholarship Fund for Girls
Washington, DC
Cheryl Kennedy, MD
Chief, Clinical Psychiatry
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Lewis Marshall, MD
Howard University
Washington, DC
Michael V. Viola, MD
Washington, DC
Director, MFP
Advisory
Board
Thomas Gumbleton
Auxiliary Bishop
Detroit, MI
Mohammed Haddid, PhD
President, Jordanian Red Crescent Society
Amman, Jordan
Bernard Lown, MD
Boston, MA
Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize,
1985
Mairead Corrigan McGuire
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize,
1977
William Schaffner,
MD
Chairman,
Department of Preventative Medicine
Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine
Nashville,
TN
E. Fuller Torrey, MD
Executive Director
Stanley Medical Research Institute
Chevy Chase, MD
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