It was the middle of the night in the remote community of La Danta, in the RACCS region, and María began to bleed very badly. María was a new mother. She didn’t know it then, but she was having a postpartum hemorrhage (bleeding after delivery of a baby), and her life was at risk. Five weeks…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2017 Sneak Peek: How Aura Estela Found Support For Her Health
Aura Estela Toruño was diagnosed with diabetes 12 years ago. Nowadays, she also suffers hypertension. For many years, she had been coming to the Samaritan Clinic to get her check-ups and tests. One day, she came for an appointment and “the doctor invited me to join a group for patients suffering illnesses like mine. I came…
Read MoreIn the Face of the Unexpected, Isaac Saves the Lives of a Young Mother and Her Baby
Serving the Most Vulnerable According to the World Health Organization, “complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally.” AMOS’ commitment to the most vulnerable means that if a teen pregnancy does occur in one of the communities we serve, the health promoters we train and…
Read MoreAMOS’ 10th Anniversary
Thank you for helping AMOS to celebrate 10 years as an organization, and 50 years since the beginnings of the ministry on which we were founded! The AMOS Health & Hope staff in 2017 – we have grown so much in ten years! At the end of November and beginning of December, AMOS Health &…
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