Collaborations

Health Education

 

Light A Candle began in 2008 as a project to bring health education and hope

to field worker families in the sugar cane plantations 

surrounding La Romana, Dominican Republic. 

Their work includes:

 

HEALTH PRESENTATIONS IN COMMUNITIES

HEALTH WORKSHOPS TO SMALL GROUPS & PROMOTERS

LOCALLY PRODUCED HEALTH VIDEOS

HEALTH FAIRS OFFERING SCREENINGS, COUNSELING, LITERATURE

CONTINUAL EVALUATION & MEASURABLE OUTCOMES

 

 

Light A Candle Foundation seeks to “multiply” the light in La Romana 

Let your light shine through your support …

 

$30 provides instruction and supplies to train & empower one “Community Health Volunteer”

$60 provides instruction and supplies to train & empower two “Community Health Volunteers”

$100 provides one full day of educational activities for an entire class of students

$300 provides three full days of educational activities for an entire class of students

$500 provides a health fair with screenings, counseling and literature for 100-150 people  


  

DRMP/LIGHT A CANDLE COLLABORATION

LIGHT A CANDLE GENERATES PROJECT PROPOSALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.  

DRMP REVIEWS THE PROPOSALS.  DONATIONS TO “HEALTH EDUCATION” FUND THESE PROJECTS.

DRMP MAY ALSO OFFER TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN AREAS SUCH AS VIDEO PRODUCTION, SPECIALIZED MEDICAL  EXPERTISE AND PUBLIC HEALTH OUTREACH.

 

For more information see: http://feul.org/  or 

www.villagepres.org/mission/dominican-medical-missions/collaborations/ 

DRMP is a mission of Village Presbyterian Church, a 501c(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. An acknowledgment will be sent for each donation.