Why we do it

Dr. Bill Foege – who co-founded The Task Force for Global Health, among his many other contributions to public health – once said, “if we are to maintain the reputation this institution now enjoys, it will be because in everything we do, behind everything we say, as the basis for every program decision we make − we will be willing to see the faces.”

Humans are spiritual, social, psychological, and physical beings; and it's important that we meet them where they are. Seeing the faces means doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly.

Seeing the faces means recognizing that we are all broken in different ways, and discovering, appreciating, and building on what God has been doing in people's lives-good or painful. It means considering the heart, diagnosing the underlying problem, and planting seeds of deep and sustained change. It is with these insights that ISCW was birthed.