Project Report
| Sep 8, 2022
Women's Healthcare Initiative La Ceiba, Q2 Report
By Joe Parker | Executive Director
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Dear HOLA donors,
It has been a productive few months for The HOLA Foundation. Through the end of July our OB/GYNs saw over 830 patients. This included 164 patients at the La Ceiba clinic specifically. It is our goal to add an additional OB/GYN by the end of the year, improving our outreach to over 2,000 women annually.
This August we also ran our first volunteer trip for five years. Ten students from the University of Denver travelled to Nicaragua to shadow our physicians, work alongside Nicaraguan veterinarians and perform census work that would help inform the expansion of our OB/GYN program and the development of a new program designed to lower unintended teen pregnancies in the communities we serve. During the week-long trip, our volunteers worked with doctors at nine different clinics and observed surgeons in the operating room at a private clinic in Leon. Our volunteers also assisted on the treatment of 598 animals and surveyed over 200 community members and school children.
We are running our annual fundraiser this September. For those not attending donations can be made via the GlobalGiving Project Page or our website holafoundation.org.
As always, thank you for your time and support.
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Apr 29, 2022
Health Outreach for Latin America Q1 Update
By Joseph Parker | Executive Director
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It has been an exciting start to the year for HOLA. The La Ceiba clinic has seen increasing patient counts month over month. In total, Dr. Zelaya has conducted 67 patient consultations at this location through the end of March. Our clinics in Chacraseca and La Leona have seen 148 patients and 117 patients respectively, for a grand total of 332 patient consultations through the first quarter of this year. We are immensely proud that our clinics continue to provide so many women with improved access to specialized obstetric and gynecological care and we are actively seeking a fourth location to expand into. This past month, HOLA has also funded to purchase of 400 speculums and 5 headlamps for The Ministry of Health to help keep their clinics fully stocked.
In partnership with the Denver based non profit Motherwise, we have continued to implement a new curriculum designed to empower women and their families to thrive during pregnancy and after a new baby is born. Our fourth cohort is underway with ten families in attendance. Data is being reported back to the Motherwise team in real time to allow us to better understand how we can continue to shape and adapt our teachings to be as impactful as possible.
Finally, we are thrilled to announce that this Summer HOLA will be taking volunteers back to Nicaragua. Between August 20th and August 27th our volunteer team will be shadowing Nicaraguan physicians, participating in veterinary clinics and collecting key data that will aid the expansion of our OB/gyn program and lay the groundwork for a new initiative aimed at reducing unintended teen pregnancy counts in the communities we serve.
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Jan 11, 2022
Women's Healthcare Initiative La Ceiba, Nicaragua
By Joseph Parker | Executive Director
This Healthcare project was designed to provide access to specialized health care services for women living in the rural community of La Ceiba, Nicaragua. Through the hiring of a Nicaraguan OB/GYN to work at the local clinic in La Ceiba, HOLA provided access to obstetric and gynecological services that had previously been out of reach for many women living in the area. With the support and generosity of our donors HOLA has been able to raise in excess of $12,000 via the GlobalGiving platform. These donations have ensured that what started as a pilot program in May, now has enough funding to remain operational for a minimum of two years. Thank you!
Since May, our OB/GYN has conducted 191 patient consultations at the clinic in La Ceiba. The clinic serves as the third location in HOLA's women's healthcare program with the organization also employing OB/GYNs to work in the rural communities of La Leona and Chacraseca. In total, our doctors conducted 1448 patient consultations in 2021, a record for the organization. Our goal in 2022 is to expand operations to a fourth location, improving access to specialized health care services to upwards of 2,000 women. All future donations will go to securing the future of the La Ceiba clinic and helping HOLA expand this initiative into a fourth community.
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