We are excited to announce a special fundraising dinner benefiting the Roberto Clemente – Santa Ana Health Clinic, January 16, 2009 in Managua, Nicaragua. Proceeds from this gala event, featuring local Nicaraguan cuisine, cocktails, and live entertainment, will tremendously help to continue the important aid the Clinic provides for the Tola region of Nicaragua....
There is an increase in accidents in the area due to increase in construction, surfing, and vehicles--including the newest form of transportation, motorcycles. Most accidents can be treated at the Clinic and sent home. However, there are a number that must me sent to the Rivas Hospital or taken to Managua for specialty care and we...
Thousands of children in need who live in the remote communities of southwest Nicaragua are receiving new shoes this week, thanks to TOMS and TOMS Giving Partner Roberto Clemente Health Clinic. Through TOMS One for One™ business model, TOMS gives a new pair of shoes to a child in need, with every pair of shoes...
Dear Padrino, I would like to thank you for being part of this spectacular program. You cannot believe the impact that your contribution is having on this group of children. Sometimes the promise of new uniforms and free health care sounds impossible, but “YOU” made their dreams come true. The kids were extremely happy and proud...
Dear Friend of the Nicaraguan Community, Our 10th baby and the first boy - Jorge Eduardo Montoya - was recently born at the Clinic. The parents were grateful they had somewhere clean and safe to go to give birth. It isn’t always easy. Flooding from the rainy season, dusty bumpy roads in the dry season, and a...
In 2008, Janet Foerster and Dave Sevick worked together on a project that brought 10 refurbished computers to a small school in Nicaragua. In early November, Foerster and Edgar Largaespada set up two of those computers for a health fair at the Roberto Clemente clinic in Tola, where Melissa Castillo, 10, sat with her mother, sister...