Serving At The Crossroads
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Living Water… but first you must smite the rock!
Exodus 17:6 says, “Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.” We have witnessed a similar miracle in La Entrada. Just as God was with the Israelites at Horeb, He certainly has been standing with the people of La Entrada as they “smited the rock.” HydroSistema, a well drilling contractor from San Pedro Sula began drilling the well in mid-September. The well is now completed and it will produce up to 100 gallons per minute – far beyond our wildest expectations.
Hearing about our need for sourcing high quality water at our new clinic site, Bill Stallings, the operator of West Chester Manufacturing in Avondale, PA, donated a pump with fittings and piping for the well head. Bill recognized that he could make a difference in the lives of the people in La Entrada by seeing that our patients would have access to clean water.
The members of the Manos Amigas Board of Directors recognize that they now not only have a source of high quality water for their new clinic, but they also regard it as an asset. They have been discussing novel ways in which they could share this resource with the community as well as use it as an enterprise that would generate funds to help in creating sustainability for the clinic.
Announcements
- Crossroads receives Best In America certification. Less than 2,000 charities in the US receive this seal. To read the full story, click here.
- Serving at the Crossroads featured in The Daily Local. To read the full story, click here.
- Serving at the Crossroads featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer. To read the full story, click here.
Clinic Update
- Clinic nears 25,000 mark in treating patients during first 3 years of serving people in La Entrada
- Well drilling completed on new clinic site
- Eagle Scout project collected more than $15,000 worth of over-the-counter medications
- Audiometer donated, which will speed up examinations, enabling patients to qualify for hearing aids
- ASIDE, the Association for Ecological and Social Economic Development, signed cooperative agreement with Manos Amigas to supply food, bedding and medical supplies
- Finland's Project Norte partnered with Manos Amigas by providing funds for well construction, waste water disposal and environmental preservation of new clinic site
- First micro-enterprise development project receives grant to test market "high-end" fabric products sewn in Honduras for sale in US with portion of profits to support the clinic
Headlines
Crossroads Gets a Make-over - New Logo Design (12/7/08) ...full story...
Administering Hearing aid tests (12/6/08) ...full story...
Amigos de Jesus Orphanage and the hand of Providence (12/5/08) ...full story...
Your buying decisions can help the Manos Amigas Clinic (12/4/08) ...full story...
What would you do if you had access to a Rainforest? (12/4/08) ...full story...
Clinic Acquires New Bus to Pick up Patients (12/3/08) ...full story...
News at Noon – Lights, camera Action! (12/2/08) ...full story...
Once is Not Enough - Geisinger Brigade returns with more healthcare help (12/1/08) ...full story...
Best in America certification leads Crossroads to 2009 Combined Federal Campaign for Charitable Giving (11/14/08) …Full story…
Rotary Seeks to Equip New Clinic Blood Laboratory (5/5/08) ...full story...
Manos Amigas Makes Good Use of Medical Network (4/18/08) ...full story...
World Bank – A potential source of funding for developing nations with a record of accomplishment (4/6/08) ...full story...
Manos Amigas and SATC calls on the Honduran Ministry of Health (4/5/08) ...full story...
The Blue Baby – a Special Case for Humanitarian Assistance (3/7/08) ...full story...
Geisinger Brigade – Medical Volunteers from the Keystone State (3/1/08) ...full story...
A Report from the State Capitol - Harrisburg, PA (2/4/08) ...full story...
Threads of Hope - A new Micro-enterprise Arises (1/15/08) ...full story...
The Gift of Sound (12/18/07) ...full story...
Daring to be Different - Scout Earns Eagle Award (11/5/07) ...full story...
Living Water… but first you must smite the rock! (10/30/07) ...full story...