Please click on the maroon Local Outreach titles below to view more info and contact details for that outreach.
Local Outreach Opportunities:
Westside Alive Mercy Ministry
Description of Outreach:
Westside Alive Mercy Ministry: We have a number of outreaches to the disadvantaged along the Westside. The Nanakuli coast as well as the Waianae Small Boat Harbor Encampment are places where we regularly serve.
AIM is partnering with Westside Alive to share the love of Christ by addressing basic medical needs, such as wound care, blood pressure & glucose checks, and medical education. Medical and dental volunteers are welcome!
Inspire Health Outreach Team (ihot)
Description of Outreach:
Local medical outreach to the homeless population on West Oahu, offered two Saturdays a month.
Salvation Army Olakino Clinic
Description of Outreach:
Olakino clinic offers free medical care to approx 70 men in the Salvation Army drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
The clinic is held on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month.
It is located at the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center at 322 Sumner St., above the Thrift store, next to IHS.
International Seafarers Ministry / Waipio Baptist Community Church
Description of Outreach:
This is, essentially, a third world mission in our backyard:
We serve the medical needs of migrant fishermen make up of Filipinos, Vietnamese, and Indonesians at Honolulu Harbor at pier 38, next to Nico's restaurant. The tuna that we consume at restaurants, purchase at supermarkets are caught be these fishermen who labor under harsh conditions. They have made the arduous journey from their home countries to work on 2 to 3 year contracts in order to seek a better economic situation for their families back home.
These fishermen have no access to basic medical care, and thus a group of doctors, volunteer premedical students, and translators, bring basic equipment and medications to the dock to support their medical needs. We treat both acute occupational and minor health care needs as well as chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
There is need for more doctors, a dentist if available, and volunteers who speak Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Indonesian.
You may contact me, Dr Craig Nakatsuka for more information.