Sharing the gift of Health

We have established a different focus this past year due to the deteriorating political situation in Nicaragua. The majority of NGO‘s have been disbanded. We are lucky because we have been working through the government on a project they have approved,which is sending money for medical student scholarships.

 

Another organization Adelante Muheres has been providing scholarships for female medical students for several years, which has been very successful, which inspired us to do the same for the male students. 

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Last year We were able to send $10,000 for 10 students this year we were able to send $24,000 for 24 students. It is a five year program so we are committing $5000 to each student providing they maintain adequate grades.

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We have not been sending volunteers as it is not safe and shipping equipment is no longer allowed. However we continue to support the surgeons by sending money for them to purchase special equipment from Managua.

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We also continue to send money to support a palliative care nurse Alice Ramirez who makes

house visits and administers medication. If and when things improve politically we hope to send a team of medical and surgical specialists as we have done in the past.