SARA is a Christian ministry offering medical assistance
to improve lives around the world

Sponsored by the Ohio Conference  •  United Church of Christ

Children from the State Mountain Orphanage, Transcarpathia, Ukraine

Photo by Donn Mettens, 7/00.

About Our Organization

Sharing America's Resources Abroad  is a non-profit organization, incorporated in Ohio.  It is an ecumenical ministry affiliated with the Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ.  

SARA is a ministry that works with other not-for-profit organizations who are seeking to serve others in the same way.

SARA  is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of representatives from various denominations and faith groups.  We also have physicians, health care providers and administrators represented on the Board.  Other medical mission programs are represented on the Board, and SARA works in close cooperation with them.

SARA has no paid staff person.  We are all volunteers.  Our Executive Director and founder, Rev. Stephen Szilagyi, is a retired minister who gives full time to this program.  We do pay for his and other volunteers' expenses when possible.