Austin Samaritans

A clinic of AMOS Health & Hope: Villa Guadalupe Clinic serves the impoverished Barrio Villa Guadalupe and adjacent barrios. The clinic meets critical general medical and obstetric/gynecological needs. In addition to consultations, it provides basic laboratory tests and free medicines.A large majority of its patients are female (74%) and children. Forty-seven percent were children 0-12 years of age. The clinic served 580 new patients in 2023. The consultations provided included 2,624 general medical services, 617 obstetric/gynecological services, 1,224 consultations with children under 12 years old, 239 ultrasounds, and 372 consultations with chronically ill patients. Respiratory disease is a major problem in the community. There were 1,085 respiratory disease consultations in 2023. The number of consultations with diabetic and hypertensive patients also increased.

A clinic of the Ortiz Gurdian Foundation: Fundacion Ortiz Gurdian Clinic (FOG) provides free screening for, treatment of, and rehabilitation for breast and cervical cancer for women of limited financial means. Patients of the clinic spend five years in the program which includes follow-up screening.The clinic continued its life-saving work in 2023 and provided the following services: 1,122 screenings for breast cancer 779 PAP smears 272 ambulatory breast cancer procedures 85 patients who began chemotherapy or hormone therapy 53 breast cancer surgeries 21 cervical biopsiesThe screenings detected 52 cases of breast cancer and 1 case of cervical lesions.

Colegio Cristiano Presbiteriano (CCP) provides pre-kindergarten through high school classes for students from Barrio Hialeah, a neighborhood of families with very low income, and neighboring communities. The school offers a better education than that provided by the Nicaraguan public schools and does so in a Christian setting. It also provides meals for kindergarten and elementary students.The school is currently operating at the capacity of the existing facilities; 365 students finished the school year in 2023. In December (the end of the school year) the school graduated 31 kindergarten students, 35 sixth grade students, and 20 high school students.The school has continually maintained and upgraded its facilities. In 2023 a new classroom was added for elementary students to separate the elementary students from the high school students, an eight-grade classroom was expanded, covered walkways were constructed to protect students from rain when going between classrooms and the auditorium, and safety mats were added to the playground.