What is Project Limón?
The village of Limón is located 20 miles southeast of the city of Rivas in the Pacific lowlands region of Nicaragua. The region is popular for coastal tourism, namely surfing, and is known for its colonial heritage, beach communities, mountains, and volcanoes. Directly outside the upscale resorts, however, are numerous impoverished communities which depend on medical care provided by overburdened government clinics.
Through the Foundation for International Medical Relief for Children (FIMRC), a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, a new Pediatric Health Clinic was set up with one pediatriction and two nurses. FIMRC takes a holistic approach to providing access to all children in the region through clinical services as well as a comprehensive health outreach program. In an effort to reduce infant and child mortality, children 0 – 5 year old and expecting mothers are seen by the pediatrician. In addition, FIMRC staff is responsible for pre-natal and post-partum care that focuses on well child visits, health education and disease prevention.
Due to the lack of basic necessities such as running water and sanitation, most patients come in with preventable diseases such as parasites. The majority of people live on $1 to $2 a day so health care is unaffordable and patients are left waiting weeks until the next shipment of medical supplies. Project Limon seeks to empower members of the community and provide necessary resources to the clinic in order to better serve the families in Limon.
Through the Foundation for International Medical Relief for Children (FIMRC), a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, a new Pediatric Health Clinic was set up with one pediatriction and two nurses. FIMRC takes a holistic approach to providing access to all children in the region through clinical services as well as a comprehensive health outreach program. In an effort to reduce infant and child mortality, children 0 – 5 year old and expecting mothers are seen by the pediatrician. In addition, FIMRC staff is responsible for pre-natal and post-partum care that focuses on well child visits, health education and disease prevention.
Due to the lack of basic necessities such as running water and sanitation, most patients come in with preventable diseases such as parasites. The majority of people live on $1 to $2 a day so health care is unaffordable and patients are left waiting weeks until the next shipment of medical supplies. Project Limon seeks to empower members of the community and provide necessary resources to the clinic in order to better serve the families in Limon.
To learn more about FIMRC: http://fimrc.org To contact me: mailto:sanghee.suh@fimrc.org To learn more about the clinic: http://www.nicaclinic.org/
