.png)
Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by U.S. law
Aciton for Health in the Americas (AHA) is the North American counterpart of Educatión Popular En Salud (EPES) based in Chile. EPES has been supporting sustainable comunity based public health initiatives among the poor in Chile for the last 28 years.
We believe in the power of people to promote their own healthy communities, given the proper financial, educational and technical support.
New Children's
Program started
.jpg)
Friday, April 16, Hualpén, Chile — The EPES Center is humming with activity. In its community hall and playground, scores of school teachers, psychologists, social workers and community leaders are crawling, jumping, pulling, pushing and cheering one another in games with names like Treasure Chest and Streets and Avenues. It lifts my heart to hear these laughs and shouts. Six weeks ago in this same playground, we were distributing emergency health kits and water to stunned families in a state of shock. Their homes and livelihoods had collapsed or been washed out to sea, looting was rampant and an 18 hour curfew was in place.A New Video highlights EPES' Earthquake recovery efforts
May,6, 2010---It rained hard last night, and as winter sets in it is a sad and frustrating time. People are still living in makesift housing and the winter rains are making life more difficult in and around Concepción. We need to find more resources to continue the Work the is needed in Penco. Take a look at the new video that was just releases and it you are able please consider making a donation
A Report from
the relief effort
March 17, 2010 — I had been living in Valparaiso for several months when the earthquake hit. I immediately contacted EPES, which I had gotten to know in January as a participant in their two-week international course. In fact, I had visited the EPES Center in Concepcion as part of the course and had already met the staff and community there. I was confident that whatever task they put me to, EPES would be on the ground supporting the affected communities. They would be working not only to address the immediate emergency but also to rebuild and strengthen social organizations for the long term.