FIENS STARTED ITS WORK IN 1969 

1969 –

The start of the FIENS organization.

1984 – 

Standardized neurosurgical training established in Indonesia.

1989 –

First volunteer sent to Ghana.

1992 –

First volunteer sent to Honduras.

1995

Development of a neurosurgical unit in Kathmandu, Nepal.

2000 –

Microsurgery lab established at the Hospital Escuela, Honduras.

2001 –

The first neuro-vascular workshop established in India.

2005 –

Establishment of East Africa neurosurgical training program involving Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia.