19 Dec Sisters Hospitallers celebrate the 50th anniversary of their arrival to Liberia
It was December 26th when the first community of Sisters Hospitallers was settled in Virginia, an outer area of Monrovia, Liberia. Four women, four sisters, brought the seed of hospitality to that fertile land that soon embraced them. They were Sr. María Jesús Núñez (R.I.P.), Sr. Carmen Lasa, Sr. Consuelo Zazpe and Sr. Clotilde Elvira who, sheltering orphans and abandoned children, embodied those words from that our founder María Josefa Recio said to the first sisters then, and now to all of us, "be charitable with them... and be like real mothers for them".
15 Dec “Chasing the Devil”, a journey by foot through Liberia and Sierra Leone after their civil wars
Tim Butcher was a war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and he is a writer. His first book, Blood River, followed the route of Stanley's journey through the Congo, han he has been present in several armed warfares in the African continent. Butcher visited Monrovia...
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.
28 Sep Benito Menni Foundation holds in Pamplona a Forum on Mental Disease and Health in Africa
The Benito Menni Foundation held on September 21st a Forum in Pamplona about Mental Disease and Health in Africa, with the aim of making people conscious on the need to train professionals and raise awareness on this issue.
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".