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Meet Seth Turner, one of our excellent volunteers …
Seth Turner lives in Tucson and is in his last year of medical school at University of Arizona. He spent the month of February 2014 at Clinica Verde volunteering and performing nutrition surveys in...
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Flor de Maria is a proud mother …
Dr. Nubia Huete with Flor and sons Fredy and Engel Moises. BY MARIA JOSE MONTIEL CASTILLO The mother of 5 came from the region of La Concepcion. She left her home at 6:30 a.m. to arrive at Clinica...
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Growing with Clinica Verde
By María José Montiel Castillo It’s the first time the baby has come to Clinica Verde outside of her mother’s belly. Her mother Marisol, 32, lives about 7 kilometers away and has arrived by bus....
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Learning to be a Mom …
By María José Montiel Castillo Alondra returned to Clinica Verde with her 9-month-old baby in her arms. The first-time mother walked through the entrance of the clinic, her face beaming as she sat...
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More Than Just The Facts
By Paige Preston I had all the facts—the first trip, the million dollar fundraising campaign, the number of people seen and served in the first year of operation. I would tell anyone and everyone...
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12 Hours of Travel …
By María José Montiel Castillo From a far-away community – farther than San Pedro del Norte – in the department of Boaco came Elena Rios and her daughter Claudia. They had traveled a long stretch to...
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A Force of the Spirit
By María José Montiel Castillo A robust woman with a strong and steady gaze arrives at Clinica Verde. Her physical sturdiness conceals her poor state of health – who would guess her misfortunate by...
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What inspired me to spend more time with Clinica Verde
AND HOW BASEBALL SAVED A MOTHER’S LIFE By Kimberly Smith In some families the expectations are for the children to be doctors or lawyers. In our family the expectation was always that we give back to...
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“The best experience of my life …”
By Daniel DeCaires Bearing in mind that the Clinica Verde HIGHER trip in early August was the first time I have ever left the country, I can say without any reservation that it was the best experience...
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One Family’s Story …
By María José Montiel Castillo Julieta came to Clinica Verde from El Jocote, an area that belongs to a municipality in the department of Boaco. To get to the clinic, she woke at 4 in the morning. “We...
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Dalai Lama Honors CV Founder
Photo of the Dalai Lama honoring Susan Dix Lyons by Briana Clark-Forgie. In February 2014, the Dalai Lama hosted an event called Unsung Heroes of Compassion, which honors individuals who set...
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Imagine yourself on the Emerald Coast …
Relax and enjoy 4 glorious nights of luxury accommodations for two in a Bohio suite at Mukul – the first and only 5-star resort in Nicaragua. Located on the Emerald Coast and set between the trees...
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Serving with Love and Compassion
In the last 3 months, Clinica Verde has served 2,628 patient visits, including 350 growth and development consults for children under the age of 5. Thanks to the help of Vitamin Angels, we’ve been...
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IN NICARAGUA, IMPROVING RESPIRATORY HEALTH STARTS AT THE HEARTH
By Bryce Gray, for Medill News Service Inside Felipa Del Carmen’s tin-roof, dirt-floor home in Nicaragua, piles of wood stand at the ready to keep an indoor fire burning. The mother of six says that a...
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Our Maternal Infant Nutrition Program is Off to a Great Start
We’re really excited to share with you the launch of a new program at Clinica Verde – Grupo de Bienestar Materno Infantil (GBMI). This project to promote maternall infant wellbeing is a pilot using...
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Meet Our Splendid Nutritionist
Mary Elizabeth Flores We’re super-excited at Clinica Verde to have launched a 10-week pilot for our Prenatal Nutrition Program, led by our Nutritionist Mary Elizabeth Flores. The program uses...
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Meet Petronila
Petronila, 20, recently discovered she was pregnant. She is now part of Clinica Verde’s Maternal and Infant Group, and visits every Wednesday with other new mothers to learn about care and nutrition...
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Our Teen Leaders Graduate
Equipping the next generation of responsible and healthy leaders This month, our first Teen Club students celebrated their graduation after one year in the program. It was an emotional day for our...
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Reaching rural children
At Clinica Verde, we realize that patients can’t always come to us – sometimes we have to go to them to share our services and help teach those in surrounding communities about positive health...
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Making a Big Difference
Don and Joan Farrar Don and Joan Farrar have watched Clinica Verde grow over the past 8 years from an idea to a reality. A Harvard Ph.D. with over 30 years experience in the areas of economics,...
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