by International Samaritan | Jun 10, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Sonja Robinson | June 10, 2022 Research has shown that poverty increases the risk of mental health, which is shaped by characteristics including inequalities in individuals social, economic and physical environments. Children and adolescents are especially at risk...
by International Samaritan | May 27, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Selam Kahsay | May 27, 2022 At the Samaritan Health and Education Support Center in Ethiopia, we were excited when a team of doctors working at Awo Doctor Group reached out to us to volunteer. We immediately said yes and began reaching out to family members of our...
by International Samaritan | May 13, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | May 6, 2022 This past Friday, our board of trustees made a huge commitment to build a “family life center” in Honduras as one of our four goals this year. We want to give our scholars a safe and nurturing place they can go to after school to be...
by International Samaritan | May 13, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Selam Terefe | May 13, 2022 This is Meron. Eight years back, she suddenly lost both of her parents to illness in less than two weeks. “I buried my spark, enthusiasm, and joy alongside my parents,” she said. Meron handled her grief by focusing all of her attention...
by International Samaritan | Apr 14, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Ronia Romero | April 14, 2022 Those of you who read our companion blog, Letters from the President, will know about our new urgent needs program. Today, we’d love to tell you about the impact of that new program on a young girl in our scholarship program...
by International Samaritan | Apr 8, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | April 8, 2022 This past Wednesday morning, I was surrounded by a room of truly amazing women while on a Zoom call with equally amazing women in Ethiopia in a quest to bring the jewelry they make to market here in the United States. It was a unique...
by International Samaritan | Mar 11, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | March 11, 2022 Every week, our team members in each nation have one-on-one meetings with our scholarship students or their parents to discuss their lives and their progress meeting their goals. They record highlights from these conversations (that...
by International Samaritan | Mar 11, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | March 25, 2022 Over the last year, I have seen a profound difference get made in the world when somebody says four simple words in earnest. I shouldn’t be surprised by the impact, because these four words gave rise to International Samaritan 27...
by International Samaritan | Mar 4, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Ronia Romero | March 4, 2022 High up on the mountainside overlooking the sprawling capital city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, you’ll find the garbage dump community of Campo Cielo, also known as Heaven’s Camp in English. There, you will find an amazing...
by International Samaritan | Feb 25, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | February 25, 2022 When we started our strategic planning process in 2019, one of the five-year goals we set was to give our scholars the spiritual training and leadership development they need to become leaders in their communities. I’m writing...
