Projects
ECUADOR
St. Anthony’s Alliance partners with Sr. Annie Credidio in her remarkable 19 year mission to individuals with Hansen’s disease in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She and they have created a loving home and haven as well as an inpatient and outpatient treatment facility and outreach programs. ( MORE INFO )
HAITI
Fonds des Blancs, Haiti.
In a country with the highest infant mortality rate in the hemisphere and a maternal death rate of 5/1000, where AIDS is an epidemic and malnutrition is the rule, the Clinic in Fonds des Blanc is a ray of hope on an otherwise bleak horizon. SAA support started for this clinic in 1997. Ms Sarah Ann Hackett, a retired nurse started the clinic in 1995 and with ongoing support from organizations like ours and individual donations she has kept it going.
While general healthcare, public health education and crisis treatment is offered at the clinic, the backbone of care is family planning. In a tiny country whose population has more than doubled in the past 70 years, family planning is also the highest priority for the Ministry of Health and the Government of Haiti. ( MORE INFO )
MEXICO
In 2003 through an organization called Esperanza de Joaquin, SAA donated an initial $5000 to the community Rancho la Colorada, Guanajato Mexico. Several different projects- many established by (now dissolved) Esperanza de Joaquin are on-going in Rancho la Colorada with the support of SAA. These include water system upgrades, medical assistance, economic development projects such as ‘Solo Lavanda’ lavender farming and soap making, a sewing cooperative and newly developing honey farming, a children’s photography club, internet access and training and a soy kitchen. ( MORE INFO )
NICARAGUA
The Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative and Women’s Center in Molokuku is staffed by Dorothy Granada, a volunteer American nurse who has dedicated herself to running this clinic and helping the women’s co-op of the village, which started the clinic in 1990. It serves many surrounding villages and there are about 200 clinical encounters each day, mostly obstetrical, gynecologic and pediatric. Many people get turned away daily. Popular promoters – local women health educators try to teach basic sanitation and health care issues. Medicine needs are great. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in this hemisphere. ( MORE INFO )
NIGERIA
A gem in the middle of poverty-stricken Nigeria, Faith Alive Hospital has grown from one room to a network of 37 departments, offering free healthcare, counseling and support for people with or affected by HIV/AIDS. As the only free hospital in Jos, Faith Alive is teeming with people from 8am until late at night. Although Faith Alive tries to provide all the patients with the treatments they need, the social and political situation of the country and lack of national and international support make this a daunting task. ( MORE INFO )
UNITED STATES
St. Anthony’s Alliance is excited to begin its first relationship with a clinic in New Mexico! Recognizing the importance of building strong ties in the immediate community, St. Anthony’s has offered a grant to Casa de Salud to set up pharmacy and lab funds for the 2009 upcoming year.
Casa de Salud serves over 8000 patients each year, providing comprehensive women’s health, nutritional counseling, and harm reduction services for injection drug users, as well as many other community services. ( MORE INFO )
