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We now have a few new ways to donate. You can give Monthly and Yearly automatically without thinking about it. We have the Pay Pal buttons set up on our donate page.
More InfoFine art photographs of Bolivia
Lavinia Sinitean is a photographic artist working in Bolivia. She has generously agreed to donate the proceeds from sales of her work posted inthis galleryto support Centro Medico Humberto Parra. Support the clinic and Lavinia's artistic vision...and get some beautiful art for yourself or for gifts.
More InfoCMHP on NPR
Susan Hou and Mark Molitch were interviewed on NPR for Worldview. Listen to the recording or check out the pictures they posted as well.
More InfoCentro Medico Humberto Parra
Centro Medico Humberto Parra strives to improve the health and well-being of poor rural Bolivian communities.
Centro Medico provides free primary healthcare, medication, health education and other health services to people who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The clinic works in partnership with the surrounding communities to enable them to lead healthy lives. Centro Medico is primarily staffed by volunteer American and Bolivian physicians and is entirely funded by private donations from Bolivia and the United States.
What's New?
July, 2000
The clinic recieved land to build on donated from Milton Parra. The clinic will be named Centro Medico Humberto Parra in honor of Milton's Father.
Top Stories
Centro Medico Responds to the Floods in Beni
This year Bolivia experienced some of the worst flooding it has seen in years. The Beni, a region of northern Bolivia, was especially hard hit. Agriculture is the main industry for the area and the floods destroyed the crops and livestock displacing many families from their homes.
Centro Médico’s Female Patients: Investigating Women’s Health at the Clinic
Centro Médico volunteer Julia Chu, a Northwestern University medical student spends three months at the clinic conducting a research study on rural women's attitudes toward birth spacing and contraceptive use
Generosity flows in both directions across the American continentsPalacios Families raise money for Hurricane Katrina families
Dr. Susan Hou, Founder and Director of the Daniels Hamant Foundation, and her daughter Tamara Wohlwend, recall the remarkable story of families in Palacios, Bolivia donating to Hurricane Katrina Victims.
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