Until you have watched your child die …Until you have lived in a one-room house, sharing a single latrine with four other families …Until your children’s father dies, and you struggle to feed them by selling candy and matchbooks on the street …You can’t understand what Gilda has gone through.Gilda […]
COVID-19 Doesn’t Frighten this Cancer Warrior
Submitted by Valeria Lopez, Community Health EducatorWhen the COVID-19 pandemic started, the whole world went through a lot of changes. Our vulnerable communities were at most risk. People started getting sick, losing jobs, struggling to get food, or to find sustainability to keep up with their daily life/routine. We were […]
COVID-19 Affects Access to Chronic Disease Patient’s Medication
Program Update from AVODEC, Esperança’s partner in Nicaragua: We continue to provide quality attention to the impoverished communities of the municipality, la Dalia, which at this time we have coordinated with the Hospital to donate and provide a portion of medications for chronic patients, all thanks to the unconditional support […]
Agriculture program makes a difference for Bolivian farmers during COVID-19
Picture this…looking out at a farmer’s field against the backdrop of the majestic Bolivian Andes.But this field sits in heavy contrast with the healthy green beauty of the mountains. A handful of plants are scattered across the dry soil.Jhobana’s hopes dried up as she looked out across her land, but […]
Covid-19 Can’t Stop Progress
There isn’t a single area Esperança serves that hasn’t been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about Esperança’s COVID-19 relief efforts in all five of its partner countries here. Even the farmers of Ccapaccasa, a small rural village in southern Peru, haven’t escaped its effects. “Due to the coronavirus, […]
COVID-19 International Relief Projects
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses at different rates through every country around the globe, Esperança is responding to the unique needs that arise in each of our partner communities. Today, we would like to share an update on the different pandemic response programs taking place in each of our partner […]
Esperança Stands Against Racism
Our Esperança family,I am saddened and outraged by the tragic death of George Floyd, and those before him including Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, at the hands of law enforcement officers – the latest example of the systemic inequities and injustices faced by so many in this country and throughout […]
Health Is Wealth: How to Keep Healthy Habits up During the Summer
Summer is a time when most people think of being active and healthy, but when the heat gets dangerous, those healthy habits are harder to maintain.That’s why it’s important to arm yourself with as many tips and tricks as possible to keep yourself on the right track. With a little help […]
Womens Health Month – taking care of the caretakers
Submitted by: Jeri Royce, President & CEO While both men and women are susceptible to various health conditions, some health issues affect women differently and more commonly. Would it surprise you to hear that many women’s health conditions go undiagnosed and that most drug trials do not include female test […]
Esperança Delivers PPE to Partner Hospital in Ecuador
In 2019, after a thorough evaluation and site visit, Esperança began sending volunteer surgical missions to Hospital León Becerra in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Three teams have completed missions at the new site, seeing well over 100 patients each week thanks to the help of a local patient pre-screening team. Understandably, due […]
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