Children's Surgery International

01/31/2026

Incredibly proud of this team and this partnership!

01/31/2026

With our second volunteer medical team headed home today, we wrap up CSI's first ever two week trip. Thank you to our volunteers and partners at Firestone Duside Hospital for making our 2026 Liberia trip a true success! Together, we strengthen communities and change lives.

01/30/2026

With our community. With our volunteers. With every child and every individual who deserves care.

01/30/2026

Our team wrapped up surgery today, bringing the total number of children served this week in Liberia to 68. Tomorrow’s work will include patient rounds, final collaboration and hand off with our partners at Fireside Duside, and packing for the journey home. Thank you, team, for your tireless work changing lives and strengthening communities!

01/29/2026

Look at these cuties—just four of the children who received surgery today thanks to our volunteer medical team and our partners at Firestone Duside Hospital in Liberia.

01/29/2026

01/28/2026

Today was another awesome day of partnership and collaboration! CSI’s team in Liberia completed surgery for 19 patients including Abraham, 13 years, who traveled with his father for two days to get to Firestone Duside Hospital. The team was able to make this add-on surgery happen, changing Abraham’s life for the better.

This teamwork continued as our volunteers and partners provided quality care to one of our youngest patients. Erica, two months, was evaluated by our surgeons and pediatricians, with the plan for surgery next year. In the meantime, Anna, CSI RN, helped Erica’s mom with lactation tips, stoma care and skin integrity education to help get Erica big and strong so she can have surgery in 2027! Laura Farr, head of nursing at Firestone and a CSI nurse volunteer, was on hand to ensure there were no communication breakdowns. CSI’s enduring relationship with Firestone Duside Hospital allows even patients not ready for surgery this week to see the path to their brighter future ahead.

01/26/2026

Pediatric health care professionals bring highly technical, high-intensity, life-saving skills into the operating room.

And just as important, they bring comfort, distraction, calm - and joy in the child’s and families’ entire experience.

From surgery to singing, bubbles to dancing, CSI team members are caring for children in Liberia this week with both expertise and heart. 💛Because healing happens in so many ways.

01/26/2026

Pediatric health care professionals bring highly technical, high-intensity, life-saving skills into the operating room.

And just as important, they bring comfort, distraction, calm - and joy into the child’s and families’ entire experience.

From surgery to singing, bubbles to dancing, CSI team members are caring for children in Liberia this week with both expertise and heart. 💛Because healing happens in so many ways.

01/26/2026

Never underestimate the resolve and strength of a mother! Three-year-old Blessing and his mother travelled 28 hours to see our surgical team this week - making their way by motorcycle, automobile and their own feet! He will have hernia surgery today. Think of them as you move through your day.

Alice is growing up! She had a surgical procedure with CSI in 2024 to manage a serious bowel problem. She returned this week for the next stage - hopefully to close her colostomy. This will allow her so much more freedom to play and grow!

Alice’s new friend Princess is back as well for a staged healing surgery. These girls are an example of the value of our surgical teams returning to the same sites, performing surgeries that may require longer healing and a child’s growth - and to support local surgical and nursing staff in their pursuit of ongoing training and education.

01/25/2026

The second week of the CSI Liberia trip started out with a robust community health outreach. Team members visited three orphanages and delivered rice, school supplies, mattresses, deworming medicine and dumdum suckers. For those of you who are wondering about “deworming”…..intestinal parasites are fairly common for people living in areas with limited access to clean water and sanitation. The infection can lead to many chronic health problems - impacting growth and development in kids. CSI provided a chewable tablet to treat the infection, followed by a sweet treat to 200 kiddos today!