Dear Friend of the Clinic, Just in time for Earth Day, we are presenting an exciting new way to help impoverished families learn, grow and get healthier. With great success for a number of years now – our Healthy Eating Initiative is battling the high incidence of diabetes, high blood pressure, tooth decay, weight gain and anemia...
Dear Friend of our Nica Clinic, Great Things are Happening! We started off 2018 by celebrating at our Annual Health Fair on January 13! The substantial number of people who attend our Health Fairs continues to surprise us. We are happy to see this event become a yearly tradition at the Roberto Clemente Health Clinic. Read on...
In 2017, we were been able to help more than 30,000 people in the different communities of Tola. The numbers speak for themselves: Medical services: 14,546 people Pharmacy services: 13,662 people Volunteer Program: 4,116 people Padrino Program: 67 children Healthy Eating Initiative: 2,699 people Nutrition Program: 122 people (51 children) Diabetics Club: 95 people Clean...
To close out the year, we decided to arrange a little gathering with the families who have started their own organic gardens. Eight lovely women were kind enough to prepare some healthy foods for about 50 people. All the produce – yucca, oranges, lemons, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. – came from their own bountiful gardens. After the exquisite...
We started this initiative in early 2017 to help the children of our Padrino Program, with the intention of improving their quality of life and future. These children have won our hearts. Motivated by the great results, we now offer nutritional packs, not only to the sponsored children but also to their entire families. We believe...
We started off 2018 by celebrating at our Annual Health Fair on January 13! The substantial number of people who attend our Health Fairs – higher every year – continues to surprise us. We are happy to see this event become a yearly tradition at the Roberto Clemente Health Clinic, and we are joyful to learn...