Reproductive Health Nicaragua Project #2680

Healthcare for Pregnant Women in Nicaragua

by Clinica Verde

Healthcare for Pregnant Women in Nicaragua

Project Report | Oct 30, 2017
We're making some incredible strides ...

By Susan Dix Lyons | Founder

Clinica Verde's youth baseball team

Clinica Verde is making incredible strides in caring for its community. Because of you, we've been able to accomplish so much. With your generous help, in 2017 we:

Increased our outreach program, providing care to 10 new rural communities in areas of high need
Completed agreements with local government to cover the public health needs of students
Trained 22 prenatal facilitators and expanded our prenatal program to 5 rural areas in the department of Boaco
Prepared 180 women for healthy pregnancy and care of their newborns (amazing!)
Educated 300 adolescents from 10 rural communities about subjects such as gender equity, teen pregnancy prevention, life plan, and violence prevention
Provided primary healthcare to 300 adolescents and their families, including general health evaluation, blood pressure screening, body mass index screening, optometry evaluation, provision of glasses, de-worming prophylaxis, and multivitamins
Trained 42 adolescents as peer counselors in subjects related to sexual and reproductive health
Designed and planned for the building of two health posts following Clinica Verde's model of compassionate care and evidence-based design, and are training public health workers in bio-intensive gardening and prenatal care
Deepened our relationship with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (MINSA) and the Ministry of Education, implementing our teen program to prevent teen pregnancy and to increase attitudinal changes towards gender

As with many small charitable organizations, fundraising continues to be a challenge. We are incredibly grateful to you for helping us continue our work.

When you donate to Clinica Verde, you provide:

Support for our greatest resource – our amazing staff who make the work of Clinica Verde possible. All of our staff work hard each day to provide healthcare, education and support to over 10,000 patients per year. Read more below about one of our exceptional nurses, Yessica Solano.
The safe operation of our facility. Our roof is currently damaged by water and leaking significantly. The cost to fix our roof is $4,000.
Transportation to reach and meet the needs of the rural poor, who otherwise would not be able to get to Clinica Verde.
Pediatric medications for our patients. Of the $36,000 in medications that we purchase annually, $15,000 is for children.

Many thanks again for your kind and generous hearts!

Members of Clinica Verde's teen club.

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