Ethiopia
The OPEN WINGS Foundation, together with the Polish Medical Team Helping Hand, organizes trips for dozens of Polish doctors and nurses to the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Every year, since 2022, we perform surgeries in hospitals in Addis Ababa. Our teams include neurosurgeons, urologists, ophthalmologists, gynecologists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and operating room nurses. In addition to providing assistance […]
Djibouti
Imagine a place where the sun relentlessly beats down, and the horizon is lost in a desert landscape. Where access to basic medical care is not a daily occurrence but a luxury. It is there, in one of the most challenging corners of the world, that a small hospital operates, fighting for the lives of […]
Mozambique
In Mozambique, the OPEN WINGS Foundation supports a project led by Anna Dąbrowska-Rafael, who, along with her husband, is building homes for people displaced in northern Mozambique due to terrorist attacks. We also help local families develop small businesses—selling charcoal, green peas, or local pastries. We support displaced families in sending their children to school. Since 2018, […]
Ghana
In Ghana, the OPEN WINGS Foundation supports projects led by Monika Quarcoo, who moved to the town of Duadze in 2013. Monika undertook the construction of a kindergarten named after Janusz Korczak. Where did the idea of educating children in faraway Ghana come from? While observing a group of women working on palm oil production, Monika noticed […]
Poland
The OPEN WINGS Foundation supports disabled athletes, multiple Olympic and world championship medalists – Lech Stoltman and Łukasz Mamczarz – at the Paralympics in Paris in September 2024. We also support projects conducted by the Special School in Gębice. We co-finance activities that increase ecological awareness, including “Exchange waste for cultural outings” organized by the Inneko company. […]
Madagascar
In August 2024, a team of medical volunteers from the Open Wings Foundation visited Madagascar to provide assistance where it was most needed. Over the course of two weeks, 31 surgeries were performed, including 17 on children, as well as gynecological consultations and examinations for 75 women. One of the most moving moments of the mission was […]
Cameroon
We support a Polish missionary, Father Darek, who has been in Cameroon for over 30 years and knows very well whom and how to help. In addition to his pastoral work, he has been running the Heart Adoption initiative since 1999. Thanks to his commitment, he has already sent 844 children from poor families to school. The […]