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 MoreFor 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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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 MoreIn 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 MoreFor 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 MoreIn 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 MoreEugenia 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 MoreLast 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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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…
Read MoreTogether, Marta and Reynaldo have spent nearly 27 years working at AMOS. Twenty-seven years of welcoming patients, keeping spaces running, coordinating behind the scenes, and showing up — day after day. Their stories reveal how AMOS’s mission is sustained not only through programs, but through people who live its values in practical, consistent ways. “Serving…
Read MoreDoña Guillermina is 67 years old. Every time she walks to the Villa Guadalupe Urban Clinic, she does so with the same quiet determination that carried her through decades of washing and ironing clothes for other families. It was the steam from the iron, she says, that affected her the most.“It stayed in my chest,”…
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