A “Worthy” Investment
Digna has over 16 chickens that lay over a dozen eggs daily. She makes a few dollars a day from selling the eggs and is the primary source for eggs in her community. Her dream...
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That’s one big check!
While we are most well known for our international health work, we also do some amazing prevention and health education work in our local community. As we previously talked about in our blog, our local...
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Surgical Mission Success: Seberina’s story
Dr. Diane Sklar is a gynecological surgeon based in San Francisco. She has dedicated her life to medical missions, and Esperança is only one of the organizations that she volunteers with on a regular basis....
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Bolivian women given a better chance to fight off cancer
Dr. Sung Ho Lee and his team of four from New York returned from another successful gynecological mission with Esperança on December 9th. Despite issues with customs at the Bolivian airport upon their arrival, they...
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152 given the gift of sight in just 5 days
Ohio ophthamological surgeons, Dr. John Pajka and Dr. Brian Stahl, and their team of 7 returned to Tarija, Bolivia on November 12-19th, 2011 for their 4th surgical mission with Esperança. There were hundreds of potential...
Read moreCatholic Healthcare West Grants $50,000 to Esperança for Healthcare Initiative with Latino Community At-Risk for Obesity-Related Diseases
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution Contact: Lindsay Hansen PR Consultant (480) 205-6195 lindsay@ldhconsulting.net Catholic Healthcare West Grants $50,000 to Esperanca for Healthcare Initiative with Latino Community At-Risk for Obesity-Related Diseases PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 19, 2011)…Catholic...
Read moreIzumi Foundation Donates $138,200 to Fund Esperança Chagas Disease Project in Bolivia for Two Years
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution Contact: Lindsay Hansen PR Consultant (480) 205-6195 lindsay@ldhconsulting.net Izumi Foundation Donates $138,200 to Fund Esperança Chagas Disease Project in Bolivia for Two Years PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 19, 2011)…The Izumi Foundation,...
Read moreLetter to the Arizona Republic Editor
December 7, 2011 Letters to the Editor The Arizona Republic P.O. Box 1950 Phoenix, AZ 85001. Dear Editorial Staff: While we always appreciate stories about Arizona nonprofits and the ever growing need for donations, we...
Read more“Local Organization: Shocked by Aid Worker Killings”
Fox 10 News Local Organization: Shocked by Aid Worker Killings Updated: Monday, 09 Aug 2010, 9:14 PM MST Published : Monday, 09 Aug 2010, 8:47 PM MST PHOENIX – A local aid organization is reacting...
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Christmas Comes Early for the Golden Gate Community
On Saturday, Dec. 10, the Esperanca Women’s Guild made the holidays a little bit brighter for many low-income families in Phoenix. They delivered gifts to 68 families and 228 children at the Golden Gate Community...
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Home for the Holidays
Millions of families in the developing world live in dire conditions. Homes are constructed of nothing more than cardboard, mud, sticks and various discarded materials. They lack basic services like running water, electricity and sewer....
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2nd Dental Mission to Nicaragua
In conjunction with the Kartchner surgical mission to Nicaragua, dentist Dr. Lewis Leavitt, traveled from Tucson, Arizona to provide dental services for poor families in Nicaragua. This was his second mission with Esperança, and he...
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