Foundation

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

Mark Gerson had already been motivated to help African HIV patients, so when his old college friend Jon Fielder arrived in Africa as a medical missionary, Mark was ready to support him. “[I]f Jon said my philanthropic dollars would have an effect, I could absolutely trust him.”

“It is obvious to me that the work these medical missionaries do is completely extraordinary,” says Gerson.

Now Gerson and Fielder have partnered to start African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF) to fund other medical missions. Recipient of the first $500,000 grant is Dr. Jon Fader. The only surgeon serving rural Burundi, he trains doctors, nurses, and other surgeons: