"I ask myself how I feel, now that we’re all back home. My main feeling is gratitude. Gratitude to our donors. Gratitude to my staff. And gratitude especially to the international doctors, nurses, and physical therapists volunteering their skills. And now, I feel happiness that we’ve straightened the backs – and the lives - of these kids. They have the summer to recover, then head back to school. They now have a future to look forward to."

Dr. Rick Hodes upon returning to Ethiopia from Ghana in the Spring of 2007