Integrated Community Health Project, Pediatric Health Promoter Training Component, Colombia
Organization / Location: Concern America, Inc., Santa Ana, Calif.
Contact: Sr. Sandra Williams, CSJ, Outreach Coordinater, 714.953.8575
This project addresses the effects of civil war, displacement and poverty on children in the nation of Colombia. Children die at an alarming rate because of preventable illnesses, many of which can be treated with simple oral rehydration. Many other diseases require only the most basic antibiotics or malaria medications. The current health promoters in the area will receive training in children’s health courses to improve the healthcare provided to approximately 20,000 children each year.
Facility for Children with Special Needs
Organization / Location: St Vincent’s Ain Karem, Jersualem, Israel
Contact: Sr. Katharina Fuchs, DC, 972 2 641 32 80
This facility provides 24-hour care to children, ages four to 21, with severe mental and physical disabilities who cannot be cared for at home. Many require special feeding methods, oxygen, splints and medications. The center provides various kinds of stimulations and therapies for the children, which have been made available by creativity on the part staff and from benefactors who partner with the center.
Kenya Water Project
Organization / Location: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province, St. Paul, Minn.
Contact: Sr. Rosita Aranita, CSJ 1994 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, Minn., 55105
This project facilitates the organization of communities to undertake the planning of water projects in geographic areas of need or in institutions in Kenya and to raise funds for the implementation of these projects. This approach trains leaders and involves people in solving their own issues in a democratic and participative manner.
Daughters of Charity Medical Access Voucher System
Organization / Location: Daughters of Charity, Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: Sr. Deborah Mallott, DC Social Worker, 254.020-890090
In Nairobi, the Daughters of Charity provide basic outpatient healthcare in the form of a mobile medical clinic which operates two days per week, with staff members going to patients’ homes for follow-up the remaining days of the week. The Center also offers comprehensive outpatient care for persons who are HIV positive or who have AIDS. There is no provision for patients who require hospitalization except this prepaid voucher system established by the Daughters of Charity. The Daughters of Charity pay an amount each month and the cost of the test or admission is deducted from the account when patients with vouchers use the services, eliminating the need to directly give the money to the patient. This allows people who would normally be denied in both public and mission hospitals because they are unable to pay to receive the treatment they need.
Holistic Healthcare for Migrants
Organization / Location: Sr. Mary’s Hospital Community, Taitung City, Taiwan
Contact: Sr. Anna Ly, DC, Sister Servant, 089 32 9682
This program provides holistic healthcare to migrants who come to the hospital for spiritual and physical treatment of domestic violence and workplace injuries. They receive holistic healthcare to heal them physically and spiritually, legal assistance and care for their basic needs and to uphold their human dignity and rights. The hospital serves the poorest of the poor in Taiwan, many of whom are victims of trafficking and exploitation.
