Chacraseca Clinic Project
The average income in Chacraseca, Nicaragua is $1 per day per family, and without the small clinic supported by JustHope and its partners and friends, access to affordable health care would be impossible for most of the community.
The Chacraseca Clinic Project provides a $400 monthly salary for a full-time doctor (about 1/2 the starting salary of government doctors); equipment and supply support for a dentist, nurse, and pharmacist; and a small monthly stipend of $100 for medications.
The hope of JustHope’s Medicos in Solidarity group and other clinic partners is to improve the basic equipment in the clinic, increase the funding for medications and emergency procedures, work with the community to explore ways that alternatives to medication can improve health, and provide training and support for a “health brigade” of volunteer support. AND since many of the 1,500 families in Chacraseca live more than five miles from the clinic, and walking is the only form of transportation, we also hope eventually to open a “satellite clinic” in one of the outlying sectors staffed by a part-time physician at least two days a week.
Support our clinic efforts by making a tax-deductible contribution below. A contribution of $50 provides an entire week's medication.
