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,...

Round and round, up and down. Smile and repeat. We support children in many parts of the developing world. Education is a cornerstone of determining one’s future. For the kids lucky enough to attend a school, burning off energy, sharing, and of course having fun makes...

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 Madre worked for a second year with the Assyrian Aid Society of America to support distribution of medicines through mobile medical clinic visits to IDPS (Internally Displaced Persons) in the Sapna area of Northern Iraq. With the donation of La Madre Church of San...

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...

The Salesian Mission holds an important role in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Salesian Mission began from humble beginnings of early missionaries in 1986. Since then, much progress has been made at the Sierra Leone Salesian Mission in support to the people of Lungi...

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...

Fr. Ignatius Govindu helps restore human dignity by providing care to desperately poor people afflicted with leprosy.   Saint Anthony's Leper Colony is located in a rural area of India on the Bay of Bengal, where leprosy and discrimination are often inextricable....

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...

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...