Esperanza International - USA

The mission of Esperanza International is to free children and their families from poverty through initiatives that generate income, education and health, restoring self-worth and dignity to those who have lost hope.

What's Happening at Esperanza...

Esperanza Announces its Summer 2010 Fellowship Program!

PHOTO: Esperanza Fellow, Lindsay Hunt, in Batey Prudencia .

The Summer Fellowship Program aims to equip future leaders in business, healthcare, public policy, and social work to effectively engage the crisis of extreme poverty in our generation. Fellows are assigned to a variety of projects that expose them to micro-finance and Esperanza’s plus programs such as in the area of education and health care. Esperanza believes that the future of development belongs to the leaders who possess the mind of a banker and the heart of a pastor.

The program will run from June to August 2010 and the application deadline has been extended until April 19th, 2010.

Operation Rainbow and Haiti Relief Efforts

PHOTO: by Operation Rainbow

During the past three weeks since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Esperanza teamed up with its partner organization, Operation Rainbow, in providing immediate medical assistance to earthquake victims in Jimaní, the bordertown located directly between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

So far, three different teams of approximately 40 orthopedic surgeons and staff from the U.S. successfully contributed to the total of 540 surgeries that took place at the Buen Samaritano Hospital. This tremendous success can be attributed to Operation Rainbow’s extensive mobile surgery experiences worldwide in addition to the medical supplies they were able to bring with them.

Despite the pain and suffering of the patients, there was some hope and inspiration when last week with the assistance of Operation Rainbow staff and other OBGYN doctors, a healthy baby boy was delivered in the hospital.

Haiti Update and Petition for Help

Tribune newspapers photo by Carolyn Cole / January 15, 2010

On Wednesday,20 January, at 6:00AM a 6.1 magnitude aftershock struck Haiti (with an epicenter approximately 35 miles north of the capital, Port-au-Prince). This is the largest aftershock yet and it comes just eight days after the tragic 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the capital.

In light of this disaster, Esperanza is partnering with various doctors and medical volunteers in the towns of Elias Pina and Jimani, located on the border with Haiti. Loads of water, food, personal hygiene items and medicines have been shipped to these areas. We are also working with our already established network of pastors and church leaders who are currently preparing sites in Port-au-Prince to receive aid directly into the country.

As the situation in Haiti becomes dire, we are still in need of cash donations from our partners abroad. Monetary gifts of $40 to Esperanza´s Disaster Relief initiatives will provide a family with its basic necessities (food, bottled water, healthcare kits, etc.). For more information on how to help, please contact the Esperanza Disaster Response Group at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it