Editor’s Observe: Right this moment’s visitor article comes from Julia Guth, whom a lot of you seemingly bear in mind as The Oxford Membership’s former CEO and Government Writer.
Julia is now working carefully with a trigger that’s been close to and expensive to her coronary heart for a few years: The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic.
She’d wish to let you realize in regards to the life-saving work the Clinic is doing… and provides you a chance to turn out to be part of it your self.
Please consider making a donation to the Clinic here. Thanks prematurely in your generosity.
– Rachel Gearhart, Writer
Springtime is renewal time, and we are able to’t put it off any longer…
Our devoted medical and operations groups want extra donations this 12 months to resume and refurbish our small medical facility in Nicaragua.
It’s been 20 years since we opened our doorways, so we’re due for some much-needed upgrades – particularly to {the electrical} system, HVAC and roofing.
It doesn’t take lots to restore and modernize a constructing in Nicaragua. However due to inflation and provide shortages, it definitely takes greater than it used to – a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars}. Meaning now we have to do a centered spring marketing campaign to get the wanted funds to revive the power.
The native communities deserve our consideration. Many impoverished Nicaraguan households and employees have come to depend upon us for pressing and first care.
They deserve a modernized, secure, clear and decently outfitted well being clinic. And by giving in the present day towards this particular Spring Renewal Marketing campaign for our Roberto Clemente Well being Clinic, your donation can be doubled, due to beneficiant matching funds offered by The Oxford Membership, a longtime supporter of our Clinic.
Listed here are some grim statistics…
An astounding 2.2 billion individuals nonetheless reside with out safely managed ingesting water, together with 115 million individuals who drink floor water, in accordance with the WHO/UNICEF 2023 report. And roughly half the world’s inhabitants experiences extreme water shortage for no less than a part of the 12 months.
The Roberto Clemente Well being Clinic staff sees the consequences of poor water firsthand.
There isn’t any public water nicely system for these poor communities. The nicely water there’s very calcified and often contaminated by close by septic leaks and storms.
So we needed to step in, realizing that consuming clear water reduces the chance of illness and promotes higher hygiene. It was merely a matter of public well being.
We began the Clinic’s Aqua Azul clear water program over a decade in the past with assist from beneficiant donors such as you. We established our personal water nicely and filtered purification system to distribute clear water to native colleges, libraries, households and different public well being amenities. Now households can extra simply entry secure ingesting water.
Our devoted staff of medical doctors, nurses and outreach workers meet the native well being challenges every day with endurance, perseverance, heat and talent.
They have an inclination to sufferers affected by kidney stones, dengue, respiratory infections, diarrhea and different sicknesses, all of that are exacerbated by the shortage of fresh water.
And so they reply to emergencies of every kind, from households shedding their properties in pure disasters to the diabetes disaster to moto accidents.
The Clinic additionally has a vitamin program that gives wholesome meals and schooling to undernourished households. Our cellular medical staff traverses rugged terrain to convey care to remoted communities. Prior to now 12 months, we’ve served over 10,000 sufferers who required emergency care – and reached 17,000 extra sufferers by means of outreach wellness checks and medicines. Our pharmacy has served over 9,000 locals and foreigners in want of pressing care.
We additionally run holistic packages centered on schooling, vitamin and sustainable meals sources with our neighborhood backyard. The Wholesome Consuming Initiative trains over 60 households in natural gardening, offering instruments, seeds and land to domesticate nutritious crops. And thru sponsorships, we’ve supported over 47 households, enabling youngsters to pursue college levels.
However as I discussed above, we have to restore and restore the power that homes not solely our water purification system, however our medical workplaces and affected person rooms.
So I’m writing you in the present day in your assist, particularly as we enter the spring, a time of renewal for our staff and facility. Please assist us make this occur.
We want continued help for the processing facility, the distribution autos and repairs to the principle clinic constructing.
I’m completely happy to say that we’ll obtain matching funds of as much as $20,000 from The Oxford Membership for this spring marketing campaign, so your tax-deductible donation in the present day may have double the influence!
The necessity in challenged areas of the Americas like Nicaragua is immense. However you possibly can straight influence lives there in a really constructive manner for comparatively little.
Right here’s a breakdown of how contributions of any measurement can assist.
Useful resource | Annual Donation | Month-to-month Donation |
Exchange the Clinic’s roof | $8,000 | $667 |
Restore the Clinic’s electrical system | $7,000 | $583 |
Present clear water for varsity and well being facilities for one month | $3,000 | $250 |
Present meals for 50 households for one month | $2,100 | $175 |
Fund one neighborhood healthcare outreach occasion | $1,200 | $100 |
Assist one Padrino youngster for one 12 months | $600 | $50 |
Assist one neighborhood natural farm plot for one month | $120 | $10 |
Please be part of us in continued help for this life-saving work. Your tax-deductible present to the Roberto Clemente Well being Clinic, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will assist ship clear water, well being companies and pressing care, and larger empowerment to probably the most weak in Nicaragua.
Collectively, we can assist strengthen these deserving communities with larger well being and hope.
Thanks in your steady consideration to this impoverished area of the Americas!
With warmest regards,
Julia Cooke Guth
Chair, The Oxford Advisory Council
Founder & Board Chair, The Roberto Clemente Well being Clinic
jguth@nicaclinic.org
P.S. The Oxford Membership has generously pledged to match the funds for this marketing campaign – as much as $20K! Go here to contribute now and probably double your influence!