Medical Support

You can change a life!

Over the years, we have developed close relationships with partners who not only support our work, but with whom we deliver our programming. Our Medical outreach to new communities in Latin America has been done with the support of Nova Southeastern University. For the past several years, students from the Medical school have staffed a volunteer medical team.

Since 2010, teams have visited Peru and the Dominican Republic and provided healthcare to families in extreme poverty. The Medical volunteer teams have provided services to 9.152 patients—many of whom had never met a doctor before.

In 2017, ADS expanded its reach to the Amazon jungle community in Maniapure, Venezuela, through Asociación Damas Salesianas where 23,926 patients in the last three years.