Volunteers
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Volunteers
VolunteersFrom the outset, the work of PIH has depended on a relatively small number of volunteers, largely clinicians, who provide money for materials, supplies and shipping as well as their own transportation to Nicaragua. The lifeblood of any organization is its membership and for continued success PIH will need to continue to recruit new members. Partners in Health has undertaken and completed a variety of projects since 1976
Last year we started initiating a plan to provide an ambulance and a first responder course to firemen and Red Cross workers. The ambulance was donated to the Fire Dept. and a first responder course started this past April which will be completed in November
Learn MoreProject Advocate: Robert Bach MD, Patricia Ballesteros MD, Dr. Manuel Silas, and Jill Grant. Outline of Project: Improve on the Hospital Nuevo Amanecer facilities to meet the needs of the population.
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Outline of Project: The guest house provides living quarters, conferences rooms, an exam room and a storage/workshop area. This space is to be used by volunteers and Nicaraguans to help improve the health of the Nicaraguan People.
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Partners in Health is a grassroots organization of volunteers dedicated to improve the health conditions of people in under served areas of Central America, especially the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) of Nicaragua. It is our philosophy that it is better to teach than to do.
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Partners in Health is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization whose mission is to provide health services, training, education and volunteer opportunities for health care providers in third world countries. Its activities have been limited to Central America, with a focus on Nicaragua and Guatemala. The organization grew around the volunteer work of Dr. Robert Bach, a general surgeon from Maine, and other health care workers who had been volunteering in Central America since 1975.
Most of the work of PIH has centered on the Autonomous Atlantic Region (RAAN), Nicaragua’s largest province, which occupies approximately a fifth of the land area and is located on the Northeastern Caribbean coast. This area is inhabited by indigenous Miskito Indians and people of Afro-Caribe and Spanish descent. One of the poorest regions of an impoverished county, the RAAN has lagged behind in the development of infrastructure and the economy. In addition, the area was a center of fighting during the Contra-Sandinista civil war and has been periodically devastated by hurricanes.
From the outset, the work of PIH has depended on a relatively small number of volunteers, largely clinicians, who provide money for materials, supplies and shipping as well as their own transportation to Nicaragua. The lifeblood of any organization is its membership and for continued success PIH will need to continue to recruit new members.
