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Can You Read Me Now?

Hundreds of used and new reader eye glasses and sun glasses donated by friends of the La Madre de Los Pobres Foundation are making daily tasks clear and visible again for people in the Ghimbi area in western Ethiopia. On behalf of the thrilled and grateful recipients,...

Maryknoll Kindergarten in Tanzania

Maryknoll Kindergarten in Tanzania sends an Easter thank you... Susan Carpenter shares Easter thanks from her students at Shalom Kindergarten in Mwanza. For a second year, La Madre funds have supported this lay Maryknoll volunteer's effort to provide safety, education...

La Clinica San Jose in Guatemala

La Madre’s continued financial support of La Clinica San Jose in Concepcion Tutuapa , Guatemala provides affordable consults for the local community, particularly women and families. Run by four Franciscan Sisters from Central America, La Clinica provides free...

Kids and Computers in Ethiopia

Kids and computers: These days you rarely find one without the other -- except in Ethiopia, the rest of Africa, and most of the developing world. In these places, children, whatever age--adults for that matter--have no access to computers. An early generation...

College in Gimbie Ethiopia

Joan Hoffman MD did not expect to start fundraising after her volunteer experience. Joan volunteered at Gimbie Adventist Health Science College, Gimbie, Ethiopia in May 2017. After returning home, she began fundraising for student lab techs' partial tuition...

Guatemala Medical Clinic

At La Clinica San Jose, the Franciscan sisters offer free consults to all in need.  The sisters help as many patients as they can, in addition to transporting patients as necessary to the bigger cities for specialist and surgical appointments. The sisters are excited...

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