The Global Medical Relief Fund is committed to bringing hope and help to children who are missing or have lost the use of their limbs, have been severely burned, or are otherwise damaged due to the atrocities of war, natural disaster or illness.
Call us 718-448-6984 or e-mail us at [email protected] to learn more
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Please raise your hand for those helpless children who need it.
Your donation supports medical treatment, transportation, lodging and rehabilitation in the United States for amputee and injured children from the U.S., and around the world.
The Global Medial Relief Fund (GMRF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity recognized by the IRS. All donations are tax-deductible.
Our Federal Tax ID: 13-3987722.
Because young children grow at an average rate of 3/4” (1.9 cm) annually, artificial limbs are replaced approximately every 6-12 months. An example would be, if a 10 year-old child lost a limb, they would likely need 20 prosthetic replacements by the time they reached the age of 21.
GMRF is committed to each child we help until they turn 21, which has led to over a 1200 follow up visits.
Other Ways to Support Us
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We also accept donations via money orders and wire, stocks or bonds transfers. Please contact us for more information: [email protected] - 718-448-6984
Honor & Memorial Gifts
Honor your loved ones by making a “Gift of Hope” to help amputee children. ✦Bequests ✦Birthdays ✦Celebrations ✦Holidays ✦Memorials
The non-profit, non-partisan Global Medical Relief Fund “Federal Tax ID: 13-3987722” aids children who are missing or have lost the use of limbs or eyes, or have been severely burned, or have been injured due to war, natural disaster or illness.
The Global Medical Relief Fund (GMRF) was originally created in 1997 by one person working out of a small apartment on Staten Island, New York. Since then, we at GMRF, along with partners-in-effort, doctors, nurses, hospitals and community volunteers, have worked for 25 years helping more than 375 hopeless children, many of them amputees and burn victims, or victims of war, violent acts or natural disasters, who have little or no medical resources.
We continue to provide children from America and countries worldwide, with vital medical care and on-going treatment so that they can eventually heal and return home to grow up and become thriving members of their own cities, towns, communities, and countries.
A child’s plea for help asking “God and all merciful people to help me getting prosthetics”, forever changed Elissa Montanti's life.
In 1997, Elissa reached out to the then UN Ambassador from Bosnia, with an offer to send school supplies and toys to the child victims of the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The Ambassador responded by reading her a young boy’s letter. The Bosnian child, Kenan Malkic, had lost both arms and one leg when he had stepped on a land mine. Elissa quickly comprehended the far more urgent needs of the children in war-torn Bosnia. She immediately recruited airlines, hospitals, physicians and prosthetic companies to donate their services. Shortly after Kenan and his mother arrived at JFK Airport. During their four months stay with Elissa, and through Elissa’s tireless actions, Kenan received two new arms, a new leg, and a new life.
Soon after, out of the walk-in closet of her one-bedroom home, Elissa founded the non-profit, non-partisan Global Medical Relief. Since its founding in 1997, Elissa and GMRF have helped over 500 children from over 50 countries. The injured children come from regions that offer only minimal medical care, poorly fitted prostheses, or none at all.
Ms. Montanti lives in Staten Island, New York. Her passions include music, painting and poetry. Her poetry has won recognition from the American Poetry Society.
Read the inspiring book that tells Elissa’s personal story of her founding of the Global Medical Relief Fund. I'll Stand By You: One Woman's Mission to Heal the Children of the World
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The Global Medical Relief Fund board is made up of passionate men and women whose experience and commitment helps us make our mission possible.
Directors
Elissa Montanti – Founder and Director
Donna Jungreis – Chairperson of the Board
Stanley Martin – Treasurer
Natalie Mines – Secretary
Maria Curran, Esq.
Francesco Rulli
Kenan Malkic
Robert Anderson
Advisory Board
Andrew Alfano
Arthur Buonaspina, MD
Mamise Costa
Marcy D'Agostine
Christina Frank
Michael Gastaldi, DDS
Larry Heimlich
David Hoffman, DDS
Daniel Kennedy
Rita Kornfeld, R. N.
Jacqueline Rehak
Borivoje Vukadinovic
GMRF Allies in Care
Businesses and organizations that have graced The Global Medical Relief Fund with their unwavering support, enabling us to grow in our dedicated mission.