By Mary Elizabeth Flores and Rafael Morales | Program Director and General Manager
Dear Friends of Clínica Verde,
As we approach the holiday, we want to share with you the work of the Clinica Verde team in Nicaragua. Bringing hope and compassionately accompanying our community through this difficult year been a great honor and achievement. We are grateful for your support.
In 2021, with your help, we:
• Visited 71 rural communities to provide health care services
• Provided over 4,700 individual health consults in rural communities
• Provided over 2,200 optometry screenings at schools and in communities
• Delivered educational talks to over 3,100 patients
• Provided over 280 mental health care consults
• Provided biointensive gardening/home farming training benefitting 149 families
• Educated and supported 86 pregnant women through our Prenatal Nutrition Program
• Provided Telemedicine consults to over 540 patients
One patient whose life was changed for the better is Ana Maria. Four years ago Ana Maria resigned herself to never seeing the world again. A break in the capillaries of her eyes took away her sight and her “normal” life as a seamstress surrounded by fabrics, sewing machines and dresses in her sewing workshop in the city of Boaco.
"Then I found out that at Clínica Verde they took people to have eye surgery and I was encouraged to look for them," says the 64-year-old dressmaker. She felt a new hope for her life. After a consult and referral, Ana Maria was able to gain back 20 percent of her vision. "I thank God that I can now see where I'm going," says Ana Maria, who he is now recruiting visually impaired people to refer to Clinica Verde for help.
And there was Meyling, who at 24 is expecting her first baby. "Being a mother in the midst of a pandemic is complicated," she said. "So many fears come to mind, but I was excited to learn how to take care of my pregnancy, to nurture myself and to take care of myself emotionally through Clinica Verde's program. Now I feel I am prepared not only physically, but also emotionally. My family and I have learned a lot with the program despite the challenges of the coronavirus and the poverty we encounter each day, we at Clinica Verde in Nicaragua remain firm in our commitment to provide health and hope to families in need.
This Christmas season we want to thank all of you, our donors and friends, for your support. Without you, there would be no stories of hope such as those of Ana Maria and Meyling.
We wish you great love and many blessings during this precious holiday and in the year ahead.
Con amor,
Mary Elizabeth Flores, Rafael Morales, and The Clinica Verde Team
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