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  • Mobile Health Clinic Crosses the Jungle to Madi, Chitwan

    By: Jackie Taylor - Flying over rivers, forests and highways, Klaus and Manfred wondered what the next few days would bring. Dr Klaus Harbig (Internist) and Dr Manfred Harrmann (General Practitioner), both from Germany, had volunteered to take part in a health camp organised by Clinic Nepal, in Chitwan District - a lowland area of Nepal. This was as much as they knew; everything else was to come as a bit of a surprise. Read More

  • Note From Ruth Maus, Marian Clinic

    I sent out a small email in September asking for friends' help in securing personal hygiene supplies to give to our patients who have none. We have quite a small distribution list of almost all local residents, so imagine my surprise when over the next week I began receiving phone calls from far-away cities inquiring how to get these donated toiletry supplies to us. It turns out that one of those on our email list is The American Medical Women's Association in Philadelphia, an organization that gives us a small grant every year. Unbeknownst to me, the AMWA re-sent my email to their national distribution list! Read More

  • AWHS at Work- Relief Efforts in Haiti
    By Anne Barlow Ramsay and Eliza Chin, AWHS Co-Chairs

    Hopital Bon Samaritain in Limbe, Haiti is a long-standing beneficiary of funds from AWHS (American Women's Hospitals Service). This facility was founded in an unlikely way by Dr. William Hodges, an archeologist, who came to do research inLimbe back in 1950. His wife, Joanna, had planned for the couple to return to the United States after his research was completed. But when they reached Limbe, they were horrified by the lack of basic medical care that existed in Limbe. So the vision of a hospital was born. With support and help from others, including the Baptist Church, this vision eventually became a reality.. The U.S. headquarters are in Lake Worth, Florida, headed up by their son, Paul Hodges. Their grandson is currently in Haiti, working at Hospital Bon Samaritain. Read More

  • DONATE NOW- Hospital Bon Samaritain, Limbe, Haiti

    Please donate now to help support our clinics around the world. One of our clinics, located in Limbe, Haiti, will need our funds today and for years to come to help support those injured by January's earthquake. Your support of the American Women's Hospital Service allows for us to continue to send annual contributions for years to come. Read More