International Relief Teams (IRT), based in San Diego, California, is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers and distributes medical supplies to support:

1. Domestic and International Disaster Relief
2. Medical education and training
3. Surgical and clinical outreach
4. Public health

Since its founding in 1988, IRT has worked in 42 countries to provide more than $5.6 million in volunteer services and more than $112 million in medicines and supplies.

Disaster relief projects in 2007 include humanitarian and medical aid to Sierra Leone, Earthquake victims in Peru, Ivory Coast, Honduras, Lithuania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Sudan, and Bolivia flood relief. In America, victims of Hurricane Katrina are still receiving aid. IRT teams provide medical care to refugees and disaster victims, repair and build homes, and provide emergency medicines and supplies.

Since 1988, International Relief Teams have utilized 673 volunteers on 162 medical training teams to train others around the world. Some examples of the training include:

In Romania, doctors and nurses were trained in infant stabilization techniques in 2007.
In Latvia, doctors and nurses were trained in neonatal resuscitation techniques in 2004.
In the Fiji Islands, school lunches, tuition, tutoring, books and supplies were provided for disadvantaged children in 2003-2006.

Regarding surgical outreach efforts, in 2007, hundreds of patients in Honduras were examined and 33 surgeries were performed for cataract, ear, nose and throat conditions. 52 cleft palate and burn surgeries were performed in the Fiji Islands in 2001-2003.

Current activities in Public Health include:
* Food aid to HIV-positive pregnant women, new mothers, babies and TB patients in Africa.
* Construction of day cares, hospitals, clean water and sanitation systems, and village clinics in Mexico.
* Providing life-skills training, HIV/AIDS education and scholarships to Ugandan youth.

More information on donating, volunteering or program details can be found on their website.