Venezuela Medical Care to Children, Pregnant Women

SAI Children's Medical Clinic Now Open 

Dear SAI Donor,

We would like to wish you and your family a happy new year!

 Thanks to your generous donations, our new children's clinic is providing medical assistance to 195 patients per month. With a little extra funding, the clinic has the capacity to grow and care for additional children. 

 That's the reason the new children's clinic is so important for Venezuela's local communities. Early intervention for medical conditions in a child's life provides for a healthy future for these children. 

Since Venezuelan hospitals are are no longer able to care for their sick with limited resources and staff, the new SAI medical clinic for children is filling the gap to help keep children alive and healthy.

In addition, SAI also continues to provide our orphans with vital needs such as food, educational supplies, and medicines.

Our goal is to be supportive for all those in Venezuela who are in their deepest time of need. Our doctors  provide medical care for  every child  that walks through our door.

SAI wishes you and your family to be safe and healthy during  the new year.

If you think your life has changed in America and the UK since the COVID-19 pandemic, you should see what’s happening in Venezuela.

As I am sure you know, SAI has a rich history of delivering nutritious meals to patients in local Venezuelan hospitals. We’ve always been welcome, but due to the virus, all that has come to a full STOP.

New Rules About COVID-19 in Venezeulan Hospitals

With the failing medical system being pushed to the breaking point, the government has decided not to allow any humanitarian aid to hospital patients. This new rule is enacted by the government to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

 Clinic Opening

As you may know from our previous reports, we’ve converted the first floor of our SAI headquarters in Venezuela to a medical clinic.

This medical clinic is providing  primary medical care to children and orphans to include medical examinations, testing and medications. We are reallocating our resources from the hospitals to the clinic to help children in need of medical care. The clinic is fully operational with two medical doctors and one full time receptionist. 

Dear SAI & GlobalGiving Donor,

Hospitals in Venezuela Need Your Help 

Since the fall of socialized medical care in Venezuela, hospitals no longer have the money to feed and provide vital medical supplies for their patients. It is for this reason that the South American initiative has come to the rescue of neglected hospital patients by making daily deliveries of food and medical supplies. During the past month, we have provided over 8,500 meals to hospital patients in Valencia-Carabobo, Venezuela.

SAI Volunteers & Donors Local Superheroes

As you can imagine, the endless food shortages and hyperinflation have caused hospital patients to feel like they are stranded on a deserted island.  By delivering a regular supply of nutritious lunches to hospital patients, SAI volunteers have become local superheroes to hungry patients in hospitals.

These meals have helped sick and malnourished hospital patients to accelerate their healing and recovery time with nutrition that is rarely available at public hospitals. The meals we provide help get the patients stronger on the road to their recovery.

SAI Staff & Volunteers Show Up With Nutritious Food

SAI’s regular deliveries of food give  hungry hospital patients comfort knowing that they will not be abandoned and that no matter what happens,  volunteers show up with nutritious sandwiches, clean drinking water, and fruit juices to nurture them toward good health.

SAI volunteers deliver the food directly to their bedside, courtesy of South American Initiative. Without your generous donations, these hospital patients would be living on very sparse amounts of food. Instead, they are getting nutritious foods containing vital protein, fruits, and vegetables as well as many hard to find medical supplies they need.

SAI Opens New Medical Clinic Focused on Children

We also realize that many Venezuelan children are the victims of Venezuela’s plight that we have recently sent our engineers to our headquarters to convert office space into a medical clinic. This new SAI clinic is focused on providing underprivileged children with quality medical care.

If you have any medical equipment that you would like to donate to our clinic, please contact SAI immediately and let us know how you can help. We need medical equipment, medical supplies, and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that can be used on a daily basis at our new clinic.

SAI Helps Venezuelan Hospital Dialysis Patients 

Kidney failure is very common in Venezuela. Rotten food, contaminated drinking water, and invisible toxins are causing mass kidney failure among the poor people of Venezuela. That is why dialysis has become very common for many to stay alive.

The kidneys are the natural filtering system for our blood. Once the kidneys can no longer filter the blood, it takes about eight days before death. Dialysis centers are in great demand among the most desperate people in Venezuela.  That’s why SAI frequently delivers food and juice to patients undergoing dialysis. Without your donations and our help, many would not survive.

Below you will see a picture of one of our SAI volunteers delivering food to patients undergoing dialysis to filter their blood due to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The patients say we are superheroes for delivering these meals while they get their treatments.

SAI and the People of Venezuela Greatly Appreciate Your Support

The underprivileged and destitute people living through this nightmare in Venezuela have no voice or ability to cry out for help. That is why SAI works tirelessly to give them support when all other resources have abandoned them. These are people who not only want to survive, but they too want a good quality of life where they can care for their families.

SAI remains committed to providing food, medical supplies, and support to help hospital patients in Venezuela through this difficult time in the ongoing saga of their struggle. We know that you are with us too, when we receive your generous donations to support our cause of giving Venezuelans a helping hand. We thank you!

GlobalGiving Project Update: Hospitals November 2019

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SAI Provided 8,225 Nutritious Meals for Hospital Patients in October!

Thanks to GlobalGiving donors,October was a breakthrough month for South American Initiative’s project to help Venezuelan hospital patients. With our new kitchen facilities we have increased our food production capabilities. SAI prepared and delivered a whopping 8,225 meals to patients in local public hospitals.

Upgraded Kitchens Expand Meal Distribution

During the past month, we have focused on providing more meals to individuals in Venezuelan public hospitals.

Several days a week SAI staff and volunteers make and distribute fresh meals and desperately needed medicine. Our volunteers now make over a thousand arepas and other nutritious meals in our kitchens and then deliver them directly to patients in public hospitals.

SAI Volunteers: Guardian Angels for the Sick

Everyone is always excited to see our volunteers because they know we bring healthy food that may be their only nutritious meal of the day. When our volunteers arrive, patients say they are like guardian angels delivering food, medicine, and caring for those who cannot take care of themselves.

We provide help where there is no help; compassion where there is no hope, food where there is no food, and medicine where there is no medicine.

Help Us Finish The Year Strong For the Holidays

Christmas in the hospital is not very exciting.  SAI volunteers dress up in Santa costumes when they deliver meals to hospitals. We also do our best to add something special for holiday meals.

With your help, our SAI volunteers and staff can make 2019 a Christmas to remember for these hospital patients. Our goal is to give each patient a small gift.  On Christmas, we deliver holiday treats like:

• Hallacas - chicken or beef wrapped in plantain leaves; 
• Pan de Jamon - bread filled with raisins and ham; and 
• Dulce de Colchinito - a slow-cooked brown sugar and green papaya dessert.

As a GlobalGiving donor, we ask that you continue to help these abandoned hospital patients. Your generosity makes it possible for sick patients to heal faster so they can rejoin their families and loved ones at home. Your donations make a huge emotional difference and truly do save lives! Thank You! 

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Hard To Believe, But TRUE!

It is impossible to believe that Venezuelans cannot get medications such as aspirin, insulin, and antibiotics. For each person who suffers from an illness, life becomes filled with anxiety and stress simply because it is difficult to get the medications they need or the fact that they are outrageously expensive. The other issue is the limited amount of doctors due to the fact that a large number of doctors have left the country.

Food and Medical Supplies

SAI is distributing balanced, protein-rich meals and medical supplies to hospitals. These meals are prepared under strict hospital regulations and are made specifically for the needs of each patient. In addition, much needed medical supplies are being distributed to improve patient care. We are providing antibiotics, anesthesia, aspirin and other basic medications.

7,223 Nutritious Meals

In the past three months of June, July and August, SAI and GlobalGiving donors have provided 7,223 nutritious meals to those who cannot feed themselves. With your donations SAI is able to continue to provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Venezuelans in this dire time of need. 

Your Donations Create A Better Reality

Your generous contributions create a better reality for Venezuelans by dramatically increasing the number of nutritious meals, medication and medical supplies available for those people struggling to survive during the current health and economic crisis.

SAI’s Growth Signals Hope Is On The Way!

SAI is currently working on opening a medical clinic in Valencia, Venezuela.  We will provide doctors, treatment, medication and professional medical care at our facility.  We look forward to being able to provide much needed high quality medical care to the people of Venezuela.