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Reconstructive Surgery
Transforms Lives

Every two seconds someone dies from a surgically preventable disease.

Together, we can solve this crisis. At ReSurge International, we build access to life-changing surgeries in low-income countries through training local surgeons and providing free reconstructive surgical care.

Patients Impacted in 2026
10000
Medical Professionals Trained in 2026
0
Cost of Care to a ReSurge Patient
$ 1000

How It Works

Your donation gives patients in need a second chance at life.

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ReSurge receives a donation.

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We train and support local surgical teams to serve their communities.

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We provide free surgical care to low-income patients across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

For every $1 invested in surgical capacity, $10 is gained in productivity.

Why Reconstructive Surgery?

Surgically treatable conditions kill more people than Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV/AIDS combined.

There is a global shortage of reconstructive surgeons.

People in low-income countries suffer the most.

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SIMA: A ReSurge Documentary Film  ►

Set against the backdrop of Nepal’s evolving health system, SIMA is a 12-minute documentary film that follows one ReSurge patient’s journey, revealing an overlooked global health crisis affecting millions around the world.

Watch the official trailer and learn more.

ReSurge is  Closing the Gap to Reconstructive Surgery ►

A woman and a child wearing face masks lie close together on a bed. The child, dressed in a hair cover and hospital gown after Reconstructive Surgical Care, gently touches the woman's hand, capturing a tender moment of comfort and support.

Transform lives like
Luz’s everyday

Luz was born without a thumb in her left hand or a radius bone in her right arm, due to a rare congenital anomaly called radial hemimelia. Luz’s mother Diana expressed concern for her daughter, as “she wasn’t able to use her two little hands, she needed help to go to the bathroom, to eat, to get dressed, to write”.

Thanks to ReSurge donors and two life-changing hand surgeries, Luz is an artist and vivid creator that can express herself and envision a bright and colorful future.
A child holds up a worn photograph of a baby, partially covering their own face—one eye and part of their forehead visible—highlighting the impact of Reconstructive Surgical Care on growing up with confidence.

Transform lives like
Dilasha’s everyday

Dilasha was born with a cleft lip, a revelation that initially brought her mother Lalita to tears as she shared, “I thought I would never see my daughter smile.”

Thanks to ReSurge donors and surgeons, Dilasha now looks forward to a future of possibilities and Lalita is able to see her daughter smile. For now, she loves singing, games of chess with her mother, and playing with the animals on the farm.
A young person with dark skin and prominent vitiligo patches on their face, chest, and arms stands with arms outstretched, looking directly at the camera against a light background, embodying the results of reconstructive surgical care.

Transform lives like
Jacob’s everyday

60% of Jacob’s body was burned in a cooking fire accident.

Jacob’s mother Whitnes donated her skin to give her son a chance at life. Thanks to ReSurge donors and surgeons, Jacob is now a healthy teenager who loves playing soccer and studying his favorite subject, science

What does ReSurge International do?

ReSurge International, formerly Interplast, is a global nonprofit founded in 1969 that trains local reconstructive surgical teams in low-income countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Reconstructive surgery restores function after burns, trauma injuries, cleft lips and palates, missing digits, and cancer — all provided free to patients who could not otherwise afford care.

Through the ripple effect of training, a single ReSurge surgeon-trainer can impact more than 400,000 patients over the course of their career.

Your Donation Creates Sustainable Change.

The patients we serve at ReSurge are the core of what we do. Give today to create a ripple effect that changes the world through training and life-changing, no-cost reconstructive surgeries.

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