21 Jun The We Are Like You project, in images
Images that tell the story of We Are Like You and the people who are making it possible. ...
23 Mar The Basque Government grants a 180,000 USD aid to We Are Like You
The Basque Agency for Cooperation for Development recently granted a 180,756 USD aid to the We Are Like You project, aimed to improve the care of mental health and the social-sanitary environment in Monrovia, Liberia.
07 Jan The Saint Benedict Menni Health Center will have a new solar power system
The Saint Benedict Menni Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, has started procedures to set up a system for solar power production and accumulation, which will allow for covering most of the energy needs in the compound along with the current diesel generator. Now, all buildings in Sisters Hospitallers´ facility in Pipeline –Health Center, Sisters´ House, warehouse and guest house, and Step Down Unit– get electric power from a diesel generator which is started only two times a day, due to high fuel costs. The rest of the time, facilities can´t get energy supply, because the current solar panels system is damaged and obsolete.
20 Dec A delegation from Hospital Aita Menni visits Monrovia
A group of representatives of Spain´s Hospital Aita Menni visited Monrovia from December 2nd to 10th to take part in the 50th Anniversary of the arrival of Sisters Hospitallers to Liberia. The delegation was headed by Sr. Monserrat Esparza, Superior of the Community of the Hospital, and included Aita Menni´s CEO and Head of Health Programs at the Saint Benedict´s Menni Health Center in Monrovia Mikel Tellaeche, responsible of the Voluntary Service Egoitz Zabala, psychologist Macarena Aspiunza, occupational therapist Selene Vélez and volunteers Amaia Ribera and Cecilia Álvarez.
05 Oct Anesvad Foundation awards We Are Like You with a prize of USD 11,200
Anesvad Foundation has given the second prize of the Endeavor category of their I Solidarity Awards to Hospital Aita Menni, for the development of We Are Like You mental health project in Liberia. The award has a prize of EUR 10,000 (USD 11,200).30 Sep Works for the step-down unit improve at Pipeline
During September´s first week, Aita Menni CEO Mikel Tellaeche had the chance to check out the progress of the refurbishment works that are being done to start with the activity at the step-down unit included in the We Are Like You project.
03 Sep Gipuzkoa county Council funds We Are Like You with USD 20,000
Gipuzkoa, Spain, county Council has given a non-refundable grant of USD 20,000 to Sisters Hopitallers´ We Are Like You project, as part of its annual call for aids to projects aimed to cooperation for development.
06 Jun Aita Menni transfers USD 42,600 for the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center at Pipeline
Aita Menni Hospital in Arrasate-Mondragon (Spain) recently transferred USD 42,600 to the Community of the Sisters Hospitallers in Pipeline (Monrovia, Liberia), for the refurbishing of facilities at the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center.
29 Apr New tour of charity concerts for We Are Like You
After a short break, Juan Carlos Irizar has resumed the solidarity concerts in favor of the We Are Like You project to help Liberia, with the aim of "moving forward to help these people, who more than poor are in misery, to receive as much support as possible".