A doctor in Managua told Marbelyng her son had forty minutes left. Two years later, in an early childhood stimulation room in El Ayote, Omar is pulling himself up to walk. Marbelyng Carmen Velásquez counts her son’s life in the things he can do now that he couldn’t do before. He sits up. He crawls….
Read MoreFrom Learning to Lasting Change: Lucía
Lucía was nine years old the first time she taught someone else about health. She had joined a community program called Niño a Niño (Child to Child) as a participant. Before long she was a promoter herself, passing on what she had just learned to the children and families around her. She has been doing…
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Listening and reflecting together: a practice that can save lives
The road to El Comajón isn’t an easy one. Tucked into the rural hills of Matagalpa (a region where nearly 6 in 10 people live outside any town or city) this small community is exactly the kind of place where a health emergency can turn deadly simply because help is too far away. That’s why,…
Read MoreA Family’s Legacy of Serving Their Community
For nearly 40 years, Jesús García has served his village with one simple motivation: love for his neighbors. At just 15 years old, Jesús became a community health volunteer. Today, at 54, he continues that same mission, this time alongside his wife, Elizabeth Castro, a former midwife, their daughter, and even their granddaughter. Together, this…
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“Now We Have to Encourage People to Have Children”
How community health volunteers are quietly changing lives in rural Nicaragua The road to Boca de Piedra, a rural community nestled in the mountains of Matagalpa, is not an easy one. But for AMOS Health and Hope, and for the health volunteers who gathered there, the journey was more than worth it. AMOS traveled to…
Read MoreA Mother’s Day Gathering That Opened an Honest Conversation About Women’s Health
In May, a gathering of community health volunteers in Villanueva became something more than a training session. It was also a Mother’s Day celebration — a moment to honor women, mothers, and the vital role they play in the wellbeing of their families and communities. But alongside the music, the laughter, and the joy, the…
Read MoreWhat Love Remembers
For the past six months, Valeria has brought her mother, Ana Rosa, to the Samaritan Clinic once a month. Ana Rosa is 79 years old and has been living with symptoms of Alzheimer’s for the past two years. She also needs regular medical care to keep her blood pressure under control. Before moving in with…
Read MoreLearning What Helps and What Hurts
In many rural communities, when someone gets hurt, the first response does not always happen at a health center. Sometimes, it happens at home, with whatever is available: leaves, coffee, salt, mud, or a piece of cloth. These practices are often passed down through generations as quick ways to respond in an emergency. They usually…
Read More“The Thing”: A Small Moment of Care in Villa Guadalupe
Eugenia Natividad greeted the clinic staff with quiet warmth before carefully writing down her name and the names of the five children she had brought with her that day. Three were her daughters: Francella, Evangelion, and Ana. The other two, Leslie and Eduardo, were her nephews. Their mother could not come because she was busy…
Read MoreAt 94, Don Santos still shows up ready to learn
Last week, at the AMOS campus in Nejapa, patients living with chronic illnesses gathered for the relaunch of the Friends with Chronic Illness Wellness Club, a monthly space designed to complement the free care they already receive at the Samaritan Clinic. But this was not just another health talk. It was a morning built around…
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When Love Listens: Caring for Those Who Care for Others
In Villanueva, we experienced a special gathering. Not only because community health volunteers came together to celebrate the Day of Love and Friendship, but because for the first time, we had a space to talk about mental health. This is not a topic we have traditionally addressed. But as we listened to community leaders share…
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