Welcome to S.A.R.A.
Sharing America’s Resources Abroad
Our Mission:
To offer medical assistance to improve the well-being of poor people around the world.
SARA (Sharing America’s Resources Abroad) is a non-profit organization incorporated in Ohio. It is an ecumenical ministry affiliated with the Heartland Conference of the United Church of Christ. SARA distributes medical supplies, equipment and expertise throughout the world. SARA believes that by helping people to help themselves, and by giving them a boost towards self-sufficiency, the world will become a better place.
Resources to accomplish SARA’s mission come from volunteer participation and charitable donations provided by health-care providers, religious organizations, businesses, not-for-profit corporations and concerned individuals. SARA is particularly interested in working with other not-for-profit organizations who are seeking to serve others in the same way.
OUR STORIES
Together we make all the difference
Dr. Nicholas(Miklos) Tapay and Dr. Elizabeth Biro
Dr. Nick Tapay was the pediatric and allergy doctor for the Szilagyi Children from 1969 and subsequently included their granddaughter, Eliza, in Palhaza Hungary. He became SARA's second Medical Director and Consultant. This dear friend and colleague passed away just recently. We loved you and miss you. Dr. Elizabeth Biro served in many capacities
Rev. Dr. David Pandy-Szekeres, Executive Director, SARA
David and his wife Anna, as missionaries from the Presbyterian Churches in Canada, founded and established almost 30 Roma/Gypsy schools and Churches in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. He was recommended to SARA by a older loyal Hungarian Reformed church missionary,"Donnie Bacsi" With excellent credentials and a devout love for Christ, we encouraged him to become our
Dr. Alex/Sandor Rovt, CEO, Chairman of the SARA Board of Directors
Alex was born in Munkacs, Transcarpathia, Ukraine. He was introduced to SARA by Dr. Yuriy Demiyan, one of the first orthopedic surgeons from the same town. Yuri was visiting Dr. Albert Sanders in Texas, who had perfected a special surgical procedure for Scoliosis of the spine. Dr. Sanders asked Alex to call us, which
SARA is not lost
Some asked, "where oh where has SARA gone?" No where! just busy coordinating funds, visitors, donors and overseas trips. And two of our board members of our board are leaving shortly. One of members, Dr. Oksana Jackson, on her own time and expense, has made two trips to Ukraine, maybe more. Oksana is a
Updates, 01/23/2023
Good morning dear SARA family and friends, We give thanks to God every day for your continued support . The Ukraine emergency fund is still open for further gifts. The total amount raised since the war began has exceeded $100,000. SARA's finance committee diligently transferred most of these gifts to our Executive Director, The
Our dear Pediatric surgeon
The following is an except about one of SARA's favorite surgeons, Dr. Akos Kiss Since 2005, he has been going to Transcarpathia to operate and perform reconstructive surgeries on children born with developmental disorders. If it is still not possible to operate on the sick child in the Münkacsi hospital, he goes to the