We are young. Established in 2003 by The Metropolitan Health Foundation, The Africa Surgical Assistance Program creates Community Based Heath Programs in West Africa.
We are lean
An organization of founders and volunteers, we deliver maximum results with nearly no overhead costs.
- Our office is a PO Box
- The team is unpaid
- 95% of our budget funds surgeries and local training
We are focused
The Africa Surgical Assistance Project delivers health care to highly treatable yet underserved health problems identified by the communities of West Africa. Locally empowered healthcare, we are committed to:
- Curing crippling hernias
- Removing blinding cataracts
- Repairing debilitating prolapsed uterus cases
- eye swabbing
- massive hernia
- corneal ulcers up close
- neck goiter