Summary of the Situation Poverty and health illiteracy affect many in Palestine. Children with disabilities are often abandoned due to the inability of their parents to care for them. Many of these children require total care, including feeding, clothing, changing, constant supervision, and frequent medical treatments. These disabilities also come with many health problems that […]
Summary of the Situation St. Paul’s Dispensary is located on Mumias, Busia Road. The Catholic Church of Kakamega Diocese started 1982 as a faith-based organization to help the poor. It was run by staff from Matungu’s sub-county hospital. As the Sub-County was lacking Nurses, it closed this Dispensary. In 2009, the Sub-County hospital opened a […]
Summary of the Situation The water catchment system is needed because the majority of families live higher up in the mountain area, away from the lake. They spend valuable time making several trips with water pans to fetch water from the lake. The water they get is not treated. Water fetching is a task for […]
Summary of the Situation Growing social deprivation of women in Bangalore, India is manifested by their lack of opportunity to have a personal identity and education, being socially ostracized, and totally dependent on the decisions of their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, as they move from one stage of their life to another. Among the […]
Summary of the Situation In early June, extreme flooding caused by torrential rains resulted in devastation in already struggling areas of Haiti, particularly the city of Leogane. The New York Times reported that 42 people were killed and the lives of over 37,000 people already living in extreme poverty, were affected. Sister Alta Emile reached […]
The Situation In 2006 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy opened a dispensary to meet the needs of the people in the village of Dumila, Tanzania, and the surrounding areas. It has proved very successful and saves people from having to travel longer distances for health care. The work of the dispensary has consistently […]
Program Update: We have received word from Sister Florence that work has begun on building the vertical gardens! “Greetings from Benin City, Nigeria. I went today to check on the welder working on the equipment for the garden,” writes Sister Florence. “He is doing well with the construction, but I made some corrections which led […]
Help provide services for impoverished people with disabilities, especially when government funds are not available The Situation In El Florón, Ecuador, has been an invasion neighborhood for over 30 years. An “invasion” is a neighborhood often left to squatters who slowly organize communities without the government’s knowledge or permission. In El Floron, people with disabilities […]
Provide four scholarships for women will increase the number of women trained to be nurses and registered midwives The Situation Half the population of South Sudan had insufficient access to health care services in 2019. The country has some of the worst health indicators in the world, with a child mortality rate of 96 per […]
