International Inbound Children Program

2011  This program is inactive (except for returning children) until we secure new hospital donations.

The International Inbound Children's program brings children to Albuquerque to receive treatment that is unavailable in their home country. The children have been referred by HTC International Partners, as well as doctors, nurses, embassies, and other organizations in the child's home country.

At the core of the International Inbound program is the HOST FAMILY - families who have volunteered to care for the child (and often the child and a parent) during the time he or she is in New Mexico.  

Once the child has been identified and a request made for assistence, HTC contacts doctors, nurses, and hospitals to donate services.   We also assist with arranging transportation for the child, often using donated frequent flyer miles. 

Until 2008, Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque donated their services for surgery, including pediatric cardiology services.    In August 2011 Albuquerque Surgery Center donated an operating room and staff for Ada R. who first came to New Mexico in 1995 to receive treatment on her hands following a fire that injured most of her body.