Austin Samaritans

Programs: The korean united methodist church provided pre-kindergarten through 11th grade classes for a total of 300 students in 2017. The students come from barrio hialeah, a neighborhood of families with very low incomes. The school offers a better education than that provided by the nicaraguan public schools and does so in a christian setting.

manna project is an organization that supports a medical clinic in a low income neighborhood just outside the managua, nicaragua city dump. The residents of the community are mainly made up of families that were displaced by flooding of lake managua or moved out of la chureca (the managua municipal dump) when it was closed to families that were living in the dump. The clinic provided general medical care and obstetrics/gynecological services to the impoverished residents. The clinic also provided a nutritional program to young children and pregnant women.

ortiz guardian foundation supports a cancer clinic in managua, nicaragua. This clinic provided screening for and treatment of breast and cervical cancer for women of limited financial means. In addition to medical services, the clinic provided a support group and professional counseling to women undergoing treatment. The clinic provided free mammograms and breast exams to women over 40 years of age and free gynecology exams and pap smears for women of any age. Over 1,700 women were screened for breast cancer and over 1,000 women had pap smears. Around 100 women received on-going treatment.

austin samarians also supports two additional programs. One is named villa esperanza. Villa esperanza provides a residential facility for 25 at-risk girls from barrio villa guadalupe. Spiritual, emotional and physical support is provided to the girls who would otherwise be subject to a life of poverty, physical and/or sexual abuse, and neglect. The girl's needs with respect to medical care, psychological care, spiritual care, and education are addressed. The girls continue to maintain contact with their families. The other program is club esperanza. Club esperanza serves children in barrio villa guadulupe providing pre-kingergarten and kindergarten classes as well as tutoring for elementary school students. Older students receive scholarships to attend high school and participe in a youth group.