WHO IS NOMMS?
NOMMS is a group of over 500 volunteers who share a common set of values.  Our volunteers bring a variety of expertise and skills including medical, technical, administrative, business, fundraising, and general assistance to work as a team to provide relief to the less fortunate.  NOMMS has conducted surgical missions to Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Honduras.

We donate all surgical materials used on the medical mission.  We can do this because of the generous support of doctors, nurses, hospitals, medical supply and pharmaceutical companies.  We have been able to donate over 60 shipments of medical materials to those in need.  Donated materials generally cannot be used in the United States but can be used in the countries we serve.  When possible, donations are made to groups in the Unites States such as the National Guard, City of New Orleans, flood victims in Iowa and several specialized charities.  NOMMS cannot provide medical services in the Unites States due to liability insurance issues and insufficient funding to purchase approved medical supplies.

OUR VISION: NOMMS is a perpetual organization based on humanitarian values.  We rely on volunteers dedicated to providing medical relief to the less fortunate in developing countries.  We do this by providing direct medical treatment, donating medical supplies, instruments and equipment to pre-qualified partners, and facilitating the mutual education of NOMMS volunteers and our partners.

NOMMS MISSION: To deliver medical expertise and treatment to the underprivileged population of foreign countries by providing services, treatment and supplies, and do so, with dignity and self-esteem to program recipients and participants.

OUR HISTORY:

NOMMS was founded in 2001 and activated in 2002 by Dr. R. Daniel Jacob, Dr. Thomas Kennedy, Dr. John Montz, Dr. Robert Normand and Frederick J. Mikill, II.  A Board of Directors and Advisory Board are appointed annually.  Our Boards are comprised of physicians, professionals, medical personnel and business executives.  A President, Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer manage the organization.

The services we provide are surgical missions, donations of medical supplies, medical education, eye exams and dispensing of eyeglasses.  Our organization relies on volunteers.  Today we have over 500 volunteers.  NOMMS is a green recycling organization.

We are classified by the IRS as a 501(c) (3) publicly supported charity.  Since 2004 NOMMS has been externally audited.  As of December 31, 2010, we have:

• Completed fifteen (15) Surgical Missions to Ecuador, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua
• Donated over sixty (60) shipments of medical materials
• Performed hundreds of surgeries and thousands of medical consultations
• Administered 12,614 eye exams and dispensed over 17,000 glasses
• Provided formal education for hundreds of foreign medical professionals

As of the end of 2010, NOMMS has provided over $50,000,000 in donated services and has done so with a total annual expenditure of approximately $200,000 a year.  The recent average annual donation is approximately $5,000,000.

92% of expenses are for direct program services while 3% is for fundraising and 5% is for administrative/overhead expenses such as insurance, utilities, external audit, etc.  NOMMS encourages students to volunteer to earn service hours.  In addition, we select medical school students and medical residents to participate in mission trips to better understand providing medical treatment under difficult conditions.  Our organization provides structure to deliver much needed services to the poor, while enabling volunteers to be part of a close knit family.