Residency program hosts event to raise funds for Clinic In A Can
We have an exciting and fun event to share with you that will be at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19. The ‘Via Christi Traveling Medicine Show,’ a fun way to help raise funds to send a Clinic In A Can to Haiti, is a variety show and silent auction have been planned for 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central in Wichita. Tickets are $10 and are available in Via Christi Gift Shops or at Via Christi Clinic Family Medicine at 707 N. Emporia and 1121 S. Clifton. Tickets are not available at the door. The “Via Christi Traveling Medicine Show” will feature...
read moreSolar Clinic In A Can & radiology container ship out
Sierra Leone and Haiti are two very different countries, but starting soon, they will have a unique commonality. This month we shipped out two Clinic In A Cans. One container clinic arrived in Haiti to be used at an orphanage and the other is headed for Sierra Leone to aid in medical services at a children’s hospital. If you aren’t familiar with the concept of Clinic In A Can, it is a shipping container that is transformed into a self-sustaining, fully functioning medical clinic. We partnered with the nonprofit Welbodi Partnership to send the customized unit to Sierra Leone which will...
read moreHope from a shipping container: Clinic In A Can
Annie spent a week volunteering in Haiti with one of our partner organizations, Mission of Hope. While she was there, Annie got to experience first-hand how a Clinic In A Can is used to give medical care to the Haitian community. Mission of Hope recently acquired 55 acres of land from the government in Bercy, which is about 30 minutes north of their main campus. On this land, they are planning to build a school, a medical clinic, a church, an orphanage, and a conference center – a planned community. In the meantime, Mission of Hope is sending teams to the property to run mobile medical...
read moreWhat does green mean to you
In vogue I don’t know if you have noticed, but being “green” has become all the rage in the last several years. From water bottle and trash bag companies boasting “less plastic used,” to the creation of hybrid & electric cars – it’s all about green. Countless articles, initiatives, and organizations are calling us to be green. But I don’t know about you, I wasn’t sure I wanted to jump on that bandwagon. Being green is for “hippies” This is the stereotype I had to get over. I had a college roommate who recycled. What this really meant was...
read moreVisiting Clinic In A Can new home in South Sudan
Our friend Jeanie Tidwell, recently returned from a trip to the area of South Sudan where a three unit Clinic In A Can is set to arrive this month. She updates us about her time visiting the location of where the container clinic will set as well as the great time of helping the people of South Sudan. Healing Kadi Compound & New Home of Clinic In A Can Three Unit Hospital I had the opportunity to visit the Healing Kadi Australia/Sudan Compound and hear the vision of Ben Yengi, a Sudanese man that has a wonderful vision for the medical and healthcare needs of South Sudan. This compound...
read moreYoung Professionals of Wichita visit Clinic In A Can
This blog post was written by Jennifer Collins who came with a group from the organization Young Professionals of Wichita to learn about what Clinic In A Can does and also to volunteer at our Wichita location. Tweet I visited Hospitals of Hope with a group of Young Professionals of Wichita (YPW) volunteers to learn about their Clinic In A Can program, and see what we could do to help. As the first segment in YPW’s Community Relations “Volunteers in Training” program, I was excited to see our program take action. Community Relations formed “Volunteers in Training” (VIT) to...
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