by International Samaritan | Sep 2, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Selam Terefe | September 2, 2022 IntSam Director in Ethiopia ‘Everyone deserves a second second chance’… This was the quote running through my head that afternoon, something my mother often said lovingly to me and my siblings growing up. Little did I know the...
by International Samaritan | Jul 8, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Sister Gloria Xól Chun | July 8, 2022 Principle of the Francisco Coll School in Guatemala The Francisco Coll School is located just outside the Zone 3 garbage dump in Guatemala City. For more than 25 years, Francisco Coll has provided free education for...
by International Samaritan | Jul 1, 2022 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | July 1, 2022 As we come together with family and friends this weekend to celebrate the courage that our founders had in 1776, our children may also want to give thanks for the wisdom of the leaders who passed laws in 1938 forbidding child labor in...
by International Samaritan | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Mike Tenbusch | June 29, 2022 In my senior year at U of D Jesuit High School, I was president of our Student Senate, which meant one thing to every other student in the school—it was my job to make sure that our dance each month “was live” so that everybody went...
by International Samaritan | Jun 17, 2022 | Samaritan Stories
By Angelica Cancinos | June 17, 2022 International Samaritan’s Director in Guatemala No todas las tormentas vienen para perturbar tu vida.Algunas llegan para limpiarte el camino. Not all storms come to disturb your life.Some come to clear your path. This phrase...
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...
